When I was younger I often attended a summer camp. My favorite one had lots of outdoor activities such as archery and swimming. Have you been to summer camp?
Yeah, I went to Camp Ondessonk, a rustic outdoor catholic youth camp. You?
I was at Camp Okeechobee, which was on a lake in the woods. My favorite part was roasting marshmallows and telling stories around the campfire.
I liked Camp Ondessonk, it was a "last frontier" of sorts
That sounds like a fun place. Did you have cabins or tents at the camp? I much prefer cabins with electricity but have also gone to a tent camp.
We generally used canvas tents out there in the Shawnee National Forest
That truly is rustic. Did you have to cook your own food or was there a mess tent? That reminds me of my time in the Boy Scouts!
Bay Creek Wilderness
The Bay Creek Wilderness is a parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Shawnee National Forest in Pope County, Illinois. The nearest town of any size is Eddyville.
Second-growth wilderness.
As with other wilderness areas within Shawnee National Forest, the Bay Creek Wilderness is made of second-growth forested areas that were used, until the land acquisitions of the 1930s, as agriculture land. 
Shawnee National Forest was created in 1939,
direction of Monsignor John T. Fournie.
Camp St. Philip offered participants traditional camp activities such as riflery, archery, swimming, and handicrafts, as well as some unique summer camp activities such as cooking, housekeeping, and axmanship. The camp also offered a camping honor society similar to the one found at Camp Ondessonk today. Campers at St. Philip spent their nights in one of five units; Marquette, LaSalle, LaLande, Brebeuf, and Hennepin. Led by a desire for a permanent location for a Catholic youth camp,