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!
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Four
Telephone rings. Answering machine kicks on:
“Hi! You’ve reached the Singley’s but we can’t come to the phone right now because we’re busy teaching our pet dog Walter some new tricks. Right, Walter?”
“Right, dad!” little Peter yelped, sounding like a yapping talking dog.
“But if you leave your name…”
We never thought [READ MORE]
Camp Singley – Humble Beginnings
Nestled among the tall pine trees along the shoreline of Highland Lake in Washington, NH, Camp Singley is the homey little vacation cottage Sandy and I have owned since 1977. Let me tell you the story…
Back in 1976 I was the pastor of a small, struggling Congregational church. [READ MORE]
You’ve Been Robbed!
“Welcome to the neighborhood….”
“…you’ve been robbed!”
That ominous greeting came from Dennis J, the first neighbor to greet us as we excitedly pulled up to the summer camp we had just closed on at the local bank.
Robbed?
Sure enough, the fully-furnished house we had mortgaged everything we owned to buy was missing [READ MORE]
The Highland Lake Murderer
The distant drone of a lone motorboat.
In the silent hours after midnight that sound seems as ominous as the pitch darkness.
Then it suddenly stops.
Silence.
Long moments later….a heart-stopping, blood-curdling, terrifying scream.
The scream echoes across the lake. Then fades away.
Silence returns.
In the morning, the Washington Police swarm the shoreline camp where the [READ MORE]