My 13 year old son just returned from this camp and he had am amazing time! My husband and I spent all night listening to his stories, and I was so impressed. He had never been way to camp and he was very hesitant about going, however, I researched camps and thought Camp Birchwood had a lot of activites that he had never done before, and I was right. First their are tons of activites and the makeup of the camp allows for kids to change activies and do what they want, ie.. some days he chose to do one activity spur of the moment. He really liked all of the counselors, they are a great and personable group of college age students that really enjoy being there. He went on and on about the night activies, such as all of these great games he played each evening. He was happy with the food and as a 13 year old he was never hungry, which is impressive, he also had drinks at his disposal through out the day and a great dessert each night. He wants to go back next year for the summer!