Pictures from Halloween Bash '08

Pumpkin Carving
...or painting!
Costume Parade
Trick-or-Treating

A little frosty...

Well, for the second morning in a row, there's quite a bit of frost out there. Water hoses are frozen everywhere so the bathrooms are quite busy this morning. Few minutes of sun and they'll thaw...so come on sun!! Our last weekend of the season has been a huge success! The pumpkin massacre...um..I mean carving went very well. We even had 'pumpkins' for the little ones to paint rather than carve. There was a little backup waiting for the carving saws but all our budding pumpkin artists waited patiently and eventually everyone got a turn. In the middle of the afternoon, we were inundated with ghosts, goblins, princesses and fairies as we had a costume parade. Thank-you very much to the Serra's who brought the supplies and supplied the manpower to give everyone apple slices and caramel as they set out trick-or-treating. I don't know about anyone else, but our campers were so generous handing out candy that Jake & Ryan have enough to last them all year!! Dinner was great and once again Jack, Keith & Fred did a wonderful job roasting the pork and cooking the hot dogs & hamburgers. To switch it up, we had the side dishes catered and the beans, cornbread, salad & apple crisp were all great. The haunted house opened at 7 pm and everyone got a good scare...thanks Donna for all your help! People have been checking out steadily this morning and headed up to the service center to have their campers winterized. What a perfect end to a great season. We'll keep you updated with all the fun winter activities...and look forward to seeing everyone again in the spring!! (photos of this weekend are coming soon...keep checking back!!)

All of Autumn's Best

What an absolutely perfect fall weekend. The sun is shining and so warm it reminds us that summer was not so long ago. As the sun sinks behind the mountains in the evening a cool crisp air moves in that makes you just think of campfires and marshmallows! It has been a great Columbus Day weekend...lots of kids here this weekend and we've been having a blast. They even raked a big pile of leaves (less for us to do...) and they spent all of friday evening playing in them. Isn't that just exactly what you are supposed to do in the fall. Many people are headed to the Sandwich fair today...always a fall classic and only a short, beautiful drive away. I'm sad that this will be the first time in many years I don't make it to the fair, but duty calls. Jack & Chris are having a great time down at the Snowmobile Grass Drags & Water Crossing...they have had lots of interest in our winter season and we're really excited about that. We have so much fun here in the winter, the snowmobile trail goes right thru the park and you can honestly go from here to anywhere in New England and Canada. Tenney Mountain is right down the street for those who ski and Waterville and Loon are a short ride up I-93. We really are right in the middle of it all!!

...and last but not least!

I would be amiss if I did not also say a HUGE thank you to our #1 go-to guy, Chris!! We are constantly impressed with your commitment to making Riverbrook the best it can be. Your hard work and long days are not only noticed they are appreciated more than you know. Thank you to Sarah as well...we know that you are here to relax but we truly appreciate that when the going gets tough...you step up and help with a smile!!

On our own again...

After a WONDERFUL summer always comes the sad moment when we have to say goodbye to our summer staff. We would have been up the creek, so to speak, if Diane could not have dropped everything and driven all the way from Florida to spend the rest of the summer with us!! THANKS DIANE, you really saved us! And...JOE & SHERRY...the friendliest, most fun-loving and hardest working team we've met to date. Thank you so much for your ideas, creativity, flexability, hard work and untiring quest to continually make the park look and run as great as possible! We wish you the best this winter...keep us updated as to what you are up to (but none of us want to hear how warm it is!!) and if you decide to come back to NH next summer, for work or just to play...you'll always have a home here at Riverbrook!! WE MISS YOU ALREADY!!