Camp Singley Stories
Direct from the shores of Highland Lake in Washington, NH, here are the more or less totally true stories that make Camp Singley such a lively – and wonderful – place!
Camp Singley – Family Ties
Two years before our first summer vacation at Highland Lake our family suffered three great losses. Sandy’s mother and father, Eva and Jim, and my father Martin, all passed away in the space of about a year. Our wonderful parents were like safe harbors in our [READ MORE]
Camp Singley – A Place of Our Own
Sandy’s dad loved fishing. Jim Angell worked for the railroad as a signal maintainer. This work sent him all over the Massachusetts backcountry fixing signal-related problems. Jim kept a fishing rod in the truck at all times, just in case he ran into a stream or pond that needed fishing. [READ MORE]
Cast Your Nets on the Other Side
“Ain’t no fish in that lake!”
That’s what they said.
We’d just moved into Camp Singley back in 1977 and I was raring to go fishing. But all our new neighbors and even Bud Shaftoe said the same thing.
“Ain’t no fish in that lake!”
I couldn’t understand how that could be true. Highland [READ MORE]
Camp Singley – With a Little Help from Our Friends
Bud Shaftoe and I liked drinking gin martinis. We enjoyed going down to the NH State Liquor Store to buy Gordon’s Gin which, he said, was named after him. Either that or it was cheap. And he often ran out of Vermouth but who says you have to cut the [READ MORE]
A Camp Singley Fish Story
Well, I finally caught him. The big one that – for so many years – kept getting away. My son Peter and I were down the lake a ways, flipping purple-colored, grape-flavored plastic worms into some weed patches. All of a sudden, this monster of the deep hit mine, and [READ MORE]
Farewell to Camp Singley
And so summer 2016 at Camp Singley draws to a close.
Bright and early tomorrow we’ll be on the road, heading home to Lexington, KY. We’ll spend the night in Pennsylvania. The Mohegan Sun casino at Pocono Downs likes to trade me a free room for the chance to take my [READ MORE]
Camp Singley Stories
Direct from the shores of Highland Lake in Washington, NH, here are the more or less totally true stories that have made Camp Singley such a lively – and wonderful – place! I hope you enjoy…!!
Camp Singley Stories – UFO’s
At dusk the dark purple outline of Lempster Mountain rises above the tree line along the western shore of Highland Lake.
Lempster Mountain.
An odd, mysterious place.
Not long after taking possession of Camp Singley back in 1977 we started hearing stories about strange goings on at night up on Lempster Mountain. The [READ MORE]
Lulu is Missing! – a Camp Singley Story
The Facebook post showed up at 2:32 pm last Saturday.
My dads dog Lulu got out. She’s a 15 lb black havanese. If anyone sees her if you can grab her we would greatly appreciate it. She’s super people friendly.
The plea about a missing dog was posted on our [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part One
Bud and Priscilla Shaftoe’s car pulled into the driveway one night around dusk.
“You guys want a dog?” Bud asked, smiling a mischievous smile.
“Um, no!”
“It’s just a puppy,” said Bud, “from a litter born to some friend of ours. They say if we can’t give it away, well…ya know…”
Yeah, we knew [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Two
Walter – our new puppy – shivered with fear standing on the examining table. She was at the Veterinary clinic to get her puppy shots. As Dr. D checked out every inch of her little puppy body a puzzled look spread across his face. Dr. D turned and gazed at [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Three
Traveling anywhere in a Datsun 210 with 4 people, 2 cats, 1 dog and all the personal and household crap needed for vacation is not for the faint of heart. Young kids can aggravate you with constant whining about “Are we [READ MORE]