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Your A-List: Best Camp

By Michael Barnes | Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 06:42 PM

Summer camp is one reason I live in Austin. Coming from Houston, our Boy Scout troop could choose between flat, steamy Camp Strake near Conroe, or steep, semi-arid El Rancho Cima near Wimberley. Guess which one I liked better. And remembered all my life.

Anyway, the Hill Country and beyond is honeycombed with summer camps. The winner of the A-List contest with a playful 50 percent of the vote was Camp Champions. The Lake LBJ institution has been around since 1967 and accepts boys and girls for rigorous outdoor activities, along with creative options.

The Art School at Laguna Gloria — a very different kind of experience on Lake Austin — came in second with 37 percent of the tally. Camp Longhorn fell far behind with 4 percent, while Mo-Ranch, Camp Doublecreek and Austin YMCA virtually tied at 1 percent to 2 percent.

All the rest — Camp Mystic, T Bar M Camps, Austin Nature Center, First Tee of Greater Austin, Wet and Wild Adventure Camp, Art Garage, Austin School of Film, Lost Pines (Boy Scouts), Camp Buckner, Paul Green School of Rock Music, Champions Academy, Sports Country, MasterSchool, Vista Camps, Camp Arrowhead, Camp Stewart, Outdoor Texas Camp, Camp Texas Ski, Echo Hill Ranch, GameCamp and Natural Ear Music Rock Camp — all scared up less than 1 percent of the vote.

Lots of camps. Lots of choices.

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By Peter Ross

May 28, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this

I've heard great things about T Bar M Camp.s I'd also suggest heading over to ChoiceCamps.com to find and review camps. We also offer free expert camp advice to help families find the best possible programs fro their children.