[Stormieweather]

I went to week long camps twice as a kid. I LOVED them. Anything to get me away from my mother really, but beyond that, there was the thrill of bunk beds, cabins, new people, all sorts of activities, new foods, being away from home, old friends, learning stuff, and being out from under mom's thumb.

I still remember my sleeping bag, an old OLD army bag...camo green, slippery/silky, and smelled funny. No cutesy figures or flannel on that thing.

The one I went to was a church camp, so I did know a few kids from church there. The cost NOW is $475 per week, so your $800/two weeks sounds par for the course.

My own children went to YMCA camp all summer, every summer. Not sleep over camps though, normal day camps. My now 14yr old daughter won a week long scholarship to a big performing arts center here (loads of concerts put on there by big names), for a week. Not sleepover, but I drove her every day. Good thing I was unemployed at the time! She adored it! I could never have paid for it though, mucho out of my price range.