--- title: Summer Camp and Youth Development Blog | Camp Champions | Steve Baskin (43) description: Owner/director of Camp Champions. Unapologetic camp geek. Married to lovely Susie Ma'am and have 2 boys and 2 girls. (43) --- [Register Online](https://champions.campintouch.com/ui/forms/application/camper/App) [Camp Champions](https://www.campchampions.com/) # Camp Champions Blog ## Steve Baskin ![Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/file-377256139-jpg/Head_Shot_Profile/SteveSir.jpg) Owner/director of Camp Champions. Unapologetic camp geek. Married to lovely Susie Ma'am and have 2 boys and 2 girls. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [The Battle of the Bills](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-battle-of-the-bills) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 19, 2016 1:00:00 PM ![DSCN6897.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSCN6897.jpg?width=800&height=600&name=DSCN6897.jpg)There is an inverse relationship between the comfort of a location and the quality of the blog it induces. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-battle-of-the-bills) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-battle-of-the-bills#comments-listing) ## [Surf, Penguins and the End of the Earth](https://blog.campchampions.com/surf-penguins-and-the-end-of-the-earth) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 18, 2016 5:00:00 AM ![Creepy_Shadows.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Creepy_Shadows.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=Creepy_Shadows.jpg)Today is less of a good-story blog and more of a journal with good photo blog. For those of you who have enjoyed reading about our missteps and gaffes will need to hope for some silliness tomorrow.  [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/surf-penguins-and-the-end-of-the-earth) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/surf-penguins-and-the-end-of-the-earth#comments-listing) ## [To the Top of Table Mountain](https://blog.campchampions.com/to-the-top-of-table-mountain) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 17, 2016 6:00:00 AM ![DSC01257.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC01257.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=DSC01257.jpg)Susie and I are wonderfully compatible in virtually every important way. We have similar interests and parenting philosophies. We both like art and the theater. Our favorite foods are similar enough to assure happy meals and variety. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/to-the-top-of-table-mountain) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/to-the-top-of-table-mountain#comments-listing) ## [Gluttony in Cape Town](https://blog.campchampions.com/gluttony-in-cape-town) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 16, 2016 11:00:00 AM ![DSCN6770-1.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSCN6770-1.jpg?width=797&height=1063&name=DSCN6770-1.jpg)We did not need that meal. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/gluttony-in-cape-town) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/gluttony-in-cape-town#comments-listing) ## [THe Awkward Visit to a Club for Young Girls](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-awkward-visit-to-a-club-for-young-girls) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 16, 2016 4:32:45 AM ![DSCN5808.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSCN5808.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=DSCN5808.jpg)Part of the reason we came to Joburg was to visit Global Camps Africa "GCA", the camp created by one of my camping heroes, Phil Lilienthal. This camp offers 4 1-week sessions to children who have family members infected with HIV or AIDS. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-awkward-visit-to-a-club-for-young-girls) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/the-awkward-visit-to-a-club-for-young-girls#comments-listing) ## [Driving in Soweto, or What was I Thinking?](https://blog.campchampions.com/driving-in-soweto-or-what-was-i-thinking) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 15, 2016 1:43:00 PM ![Clown_car.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hubfs/Clown_car.jpg)Some experiences test the true mettle of a man. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/driving-in-soweto-or-what-was-i-thinking) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/driving-in-soweto-or-what-was-i-thinking#comments-listing) ## [Bonus Blog: Baskin the Buffoon](https://blog.campchampions.com/bonus-blog-baskin-the-buffoon) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 15, 2016 3:45:01 AM ![IMG_4823.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_4823.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=IMG_4823.jpg)As my uncle used to say, this blog “has nothing to do with the price of beans.” It is only thinly related to our current trip. But it describes an incident that happened on previous international travels when I was not blogging. I have wanted to document my idiocy, so here is a bonus blog from the bumbling Baskin. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/bonus-blog-baskin-the-buffoon) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/bonus-blog-baskin-the-buffoon#comments-listing) ## [Apartheid and The Wisdom of Mandela](https://blog.campchampions.com/apartheid-and-the-wisdom-of-mandela) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 14, 2016 6:00:00 AM ![DSCN5675.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSCN5675.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=DSCN5675.jpg)No trip to South Africa is complete without spending some time studying the abomination that was Apartheid, the elaborate system of racial segregation and privilege that defined this multi-cultural nation. [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/apartheid-and-the-wisdom-of-mandela) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/apartheid-and-the-wisdom-of-mandela#comments-listing) ## [Johannesburg: Better Than We Expected](https://blog.campchampions.com/johannesburg-better-than-we-expected) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 13, 2016 7:00:00 AM ![W_and_V_with_Mandela.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/W_and_V_with_Mandela.jpg?width=797&height=1063&name=W_and_V_with_Mandela.jpg)Our expectations for Johannesburg were low. Everyone we talked to about South Africa had one of three comments when we said we were “going to Johannesburg and Cape Town”: [Read More](https://blog.campchampions.com/johannesburg-better-than-we-expected) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.campchampions.com/johannesburg-better-than-we-expected#comments-listing) ## [Rwandan Hodge Podge](https://blog.campchampions.com/rwandan-hodge-podge) Posted by [Steve Baskin](https://blog.campchampions.com/author/steve-baskin) on Sep 12, 2016 1:00:00 PM ![Cool_Decor.jpg](https://blog.campchampions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cool_Decor.jpg?width=797&height=598&name=Cool_Decor.jpg)Earlier, I share a blog dedicated to short quotes of vignettes from Tanzania. Here is the Rwandan edition. 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