Wish You Could Be a Kid Again? Seven Summer Camps Just for Adults
Bunk beds and color wars aren’t just for kids.
Illustration: Mathieu Labrecque for Bloomberg Businessweek
Bug juice and mystery meat. Color wars. Stolen kisses behind the canoe shed. Sleepaway camp, for those who went, was often a first utopian taste of independence and occasionally a reality show version of Lord of the Flies. If that sounds familiar, there’s probably some part of you yearning to either relive (or reclaim) those days.
Time to pack your bags, then: Adults-only camps such as Camp Rahh, Camp No Counselors and Camp Camp re-create everything you miss about summer camp, improve on the things you don’t miss (great food is a point of pride across the board) and seek to create whole new camp memories. Here are seven options for every kind of camper.