Music Music is an important part of every day at Nor'wester. Folk songs and ballads from many countries, reflecting different times and ways of life, are sung after meals in the dining hall, at campfires, in the shower and on the trails. Lessons offered in guitar, piano and often fiddle and banjo have marked the beginning of an enduring interest in music for many campers. Once a week all campers spend the night camping out with their unit, away from the main camp and the other groups of campers. With the help of staff members, the campers plan their overnight destinations, means of transportation and their menu for dinner and breakfast.
Transportation is by foot, canoe, row-boat, sailboat, or bike.
Destinations include secluded areas on the Camp property, local marine parks, or other San Juan locations. Older campers participate in outcamp trips lasting four or six days. These trips include a mountaineering expedition, alpine hiking, biking, and sailing through the San Juan Islands in a group of 19' Lightning sailboats, or in the 35' Haida Indian canoe. The mountaineering trip is led by a qualified instructor. Ice axes, ropes, crampons and helmets are supplied by the camp for snow and glacier travel.