Did you go to summer camp as a kid?

Growing up in New Orleans, my siblings and I attended NORD summer camps, which were basically extensions of the school year for public schools. There were some fun times, but overall, it was different for us because we attended private school and while kids are kids and people are people, there were some differences between kids who attended public school and the classmates that we were used to.

My kids attended all sorts of summer camps growing up, from Audubon Zoo Camp which was their favorite, to camp at the Louisiana Children’s Museum, Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps, and some with our church. We were members of Cross Gates Family Fitness in Slidell and they put on an excellent summer camp which my kids loved as well.

Most of these were day camps. As far as being away from home for extended periods of time for summer camp, that was only with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and my wife and I were always chaperons for those.