New Hampshire travel

(This page updated 9/14/2011 to reflect our last-minute move -- due to hurricane damage -- from Vermont to New Hampshire.)

You may choose to travel directly to Camp Huckins (with your parents, carpooling with other campers, or driving yourself). Please arrive between 4:30 and 5:45 p.m.

If you are taking public transportation we assume you've already been in touch with Matt (logistics coordinator) by now. If not, by all means get in touch with him this instant.

 

Read on for more details…

Arrival information

training, bussing

How to recognize us when we or the Farm & Wilderness staff pick you up

[No, we didn't forget to update this info - the Farm and Wilderness staff are indeed running a shuttle for us, from White River Junction, even though F&W is closed and we have relocated to Camp Huckins for 2011.]

We’ll watch for you, and all our meeting places are small enough that it won’t be a problem. Our staff wears NBTSC T-shirts to make them easier to recognize; Farm and Wilderness van drivers typically wear Farm and Wilderness shirts. If you’re new to NBTSC, chances are good you will hook up en route with returning campers who can help you spot us.

The first day can be a bit stressy and confusing, so

• Pack in a day pack or other accessible place: a warm sweater, healthy snacks, a water bottle, a watch, and any necessary medications. Our first meal will be dinner, at about 7:00 p.m.
• Be sure to use the restroom at the train or bus station before you get on the F&W vans.
• Make sure to bring a lunch with you, or (if you’ll have enough time between arriving in town and meeting our vans) money to buy lunch. Otherwise you’ll be famished by the time we serve dinner around 7:00 p.m.
• Be sure to listen to any staff announcements during the van ride.

 

Amtrak or bus

We’ll arrange for someone (usually a Farm and Wilderness van driver) to pick you up at the Amtrak or bus station in White River Junction. You need to arrive by 3:30 p.m. Unless we contact you to plan a different pickup time, please don’t wander far from the station so your ride can easily spot you.

Traveling by car

You can either:

• Have someone drop you off between 4:30 and 5:45 p.m. at Camp Huckins. As soon as you arrive you will check in and then you can start settling into your cabin. If it takes you a while to get unpacked and get your bed set up and such, or if you are new to camp and want to go on the 5 p.m. tour led by staff, you may want to arrive closer to 4:30.  (You will be busy with camp activities—dinner in your advisee group and a full group orientation—from 6:15 p.m. until about 9 p.m.)
• Drive yourself to Camp Huckins (but you can’t use your car during the week, regardless of your age—we ask to keep your keys). Again, plan to arrive between 4:30 and 5:45 (see above).

If your parents need to drop you off earlier, you can arrive as early as 2 p.m. However, 1) you must let us know on your travel questionnaire, 2) campers arriving before 4:30 will need to help staff with camp preparation tasks, 3) you may want to bring snacks to tide you over until dinner at approximately 7:00, and 4) we absolutely cannot have campers arrive before 2 p.m. Also, while the junior staff will be available to greet your parents, Grace and the senior staff cannot be available to meet parents until official tour and open house times.

Directions to Camp Huckins

Find them at http://www.camphuckins.com/contact-us/driving-directions.html.

 

Departure information

Traveling by car

Parents can arrive to pick up campers at Camp Huckins between 10:00 and 10:45 a.m. It is very important that campers are off the premises by 11:15 a.m., as the NBTSC staff will be in a closing meeting. If you want to meet your camper’s new friends, or if you think it will take a while to load your vehicle, come at 10:00. Also, the staff will gladly say hello to parents, but unfortunately won’t have much time to chat or discuss the week.

If you can’t depart by 11:15, we have room for a small number of hardworking, self-managing campers to stay and help with final cleanup until 1 p.m.. You will need to make arrangements with us in advance. Please note that anyone still present on the grounds at 11:15 or later will be expected to help. Breakfast is the last meal of camp (unless you’ve made arrangements to stay and help, in which you’ll be fed a simple dish of leftovers), so plan for snacks if you’ll need something for the ride home.

Traveling by bus or train

Communicate with Matt, if you haven't already, about getting to Greyhound or Amtrak stations nearby.

Breakfast is the last meal of camp, so plan for snacks if you’ll need something for the ride home.

 

 

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