The Kleiber Family Timeline

Category: Camp

Camps and campers

  • VIP Camp 2014

    After a year of waiting James got to attend his VIP camp. This year they had more field trips including the zoo, Turtle Cove, Heritage Park, and Texas Roadhouse. One of the pictures is at the Texas Roadhouse with Jame’s friend, Dynamike, who is a Master Magician in Michigan. When not on the road the kids participated in various games and crafts for a six week period. Mom and Dad had to keep up with the lunch schedule since sometimes James had to brown bag, other times he had to pay for a lunch. Lots of fun and it kind of reminded us all of school recess, except this recess lasted about six hours each day.

    James plans on returning next year and participated in several fund raisers for the camp later on in the summer. Below are pics from several different days.

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  • VIP Camp 2013

    For the second year now James has attended VIP camp and has had a blast. This year VIP camp was in Melvindale, last year it was in Taylor. Many of the same kids attended which made it that much more fun seeing each other after an entire year.

    James VIP camp came to an end with a party for the kids and parents. Each family contributed something and the staff and the kids did the rest. What a spread. James and the rest of the kids played games afterwards and a grand time was had by all.

    VIP camp provides exciting experiences for kids. For example, last year one of James’ favorite activity was doing karate one day as one of their field trips, this year he had many favorites including Bowling, Heritage Park, YMCA, Fire Trucks, Water Parks, and many other field trips. Each week was themed which was cool. A great experience for the kids in every way.

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  • VIP Camp 2012

    Well camping certainly has changed since I was a kid. There were no tents or mess halls at this camp which was held Mon thru Thurs for 5 weeks in the summer (July & Aug Months). Each week had a different theme and the kids got to not only go on road trips but also had interesting people come to them such as karate demo’s and ice skaters. Turns out James likes to skate so we plan on sending him to skating school in the winter. The complex has four rinks so if the weather outside was not appropriate they simply went inside to play their games. James made lots of friends and created some really nice craftwork. Our highest compliments to the staff for their fine work this summer.

    James said he will miss his friends, hopefully some can attend his Halloween party (James posted a little flier he made promoting his party and inviting everyone, I do not know if anyone will remember since Halloween is currently 3 months away). James plans on attending next year and we cannot think of a better place for James to grow with his social skills than this summer camp.

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  • Waldenwoods Vacation 1989

    This was the year of the infamous sail boat. Everyone was admiring the small individual sail boats that were being sailed around the lake at Waldenwoods. Basically Waldenwoods rented out these small sale boats that could hold one or two people. They offer a free training course that took 15 minutes, but the specific party involved had no interest in this and went along and rented the small craft proceeded to guide it into a swimming area of the lake, with small children dodging the incoming craft since the two people in the party did not know how to turn a sailboat into the wind.

    Yes, the culprits were cousin Mark and James Dad. Shown on the left is James Dad and Aunt carrying the boat back to the rental place at Waldenwoods. Needless to say, lots of fun this year at Waldenwoods but unfortunately this might be our last time here as they are turning it into a golf resort.

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  • Waldenwoods 1985

    This was the year of the fishing exposition, where James Grandma went out on a rubber raft and caught a couple huge catfish and a pike, which was very rare in this lake. The fishing expo began at twilight at about 8pm as the rubber raft left the dock with Grandma, James Dad, and Cousin Ron. It was a very relaxing trip and no one really expected to catch anything (we really just wanted to take the boat out at night), but all of a sudden all the lines were being pulled on and everyone was catching something. Fortunately we had a metal fish basket and placed the fish in the basket to get them home. Once we got out of the boat we noticed the pike had tried biting its way out of the metal fish basket which kind of scared us since we were in a rubber boat and that fish could have sunk us had we not had the basket outside the boat. The next day we had fish for lunch and a great time was had by all.

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  • Waldenwoods 1982

    A visit to Waldenwoods pre A frame era (Waldenwoods built a really cool A frame for rental which was rented by the family in the future). Waldenwoods was an inclusive resort that featured swimming, boating, fishing, and a complete variety of activities. You could visit for a day or a week with membership, and the membership was not cheap and you had to commit to a 20 year membershp to get the best price. Waldenwoods is close to Brighton and located just off U.S. 23 at the M59 exit. Its about an hour drive from Dearborn Heights, an hour and a half from Trenton and the downriver area. You can see it on the West side of US 23 when driving on US 23 between Brighton and Fenton Michigan.

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