This year’s IGGPPCamp theme is the stuff of LEGENDS. So we’re chatting today with our camp counselors and IGGPPC staff about where they like to hang out at camp, their favorite legends, and the legendary people that inspire them.

Amanda, Storyteller Amanda

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Lakeshore

What is your favorite legend?
I love lake monster legends in particular, if we are talking monsters. The Arthurian legends in their various forms are also some of my favorites.

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
There are quite a few, but right now…Dolly Parton. She’s an epic performer, kind, and uses her clout and $$ for so many good things. What’s not to love? Handling life with the same level of grit and grace is definitely something I aspire to.

Caitlan, Counselor Conjuredust for Troop Flamingo

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Haunted library

What is your favorite legend?
There is no lake monster…

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Maybe inspires me to learn more about it, but Lake Lanier!

Christina, Counselor Blvd for Troop Flamingo

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Mess Hall

What is your favorite legend?
The Hodag

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Currently Simone Biles.. The courage to say my health is more important than the Olympics is very inspiring.

Gemma, Counselor Echo for Troop Flamingo

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Craft shed

What is your favorite legend?
The legend of Rasputin

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Sir David Attenborough and RuPaul are my main inspirational legends

Joanna, Camp Director Jo

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
………

What is your favorite legend?
I am a big fan of cryptids, if that counts! But I also studied a lot of Arthurian legend in my undergrad days and I’m fascinated by both the amount we do and don’t know about it, and the way the stories were passed between cultures until they arrived at the current “”canon”” as it were. Did you know that one theory about the name “”Arthur”” is that it was actually a Celtic leader who fought under the sigil of the bear, or “”artos””?

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Amelia Earhart! She’s most famous for her disappearance, but she was a legend in her own right well before that.

Kai, Counselor Tizzywing for Troop Neverland

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Haunted library

What is your favorite legend?
Loch Ness Monster

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Ashley Eckstein

Kara, Nurse Buffalo

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Mess Hall

What is your favorite legend?
The Legend of the Ghost Bison that Haunts IGGPPCamp and Eats Camper’s S’mores When They Aren’t Looking

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
John. He has a real nice voice and smooth piano skills. He claims he’s just ordinary people, but he basically lives up to his surname.

Kate, Counselor McGuffin for Troop Quest

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Haunted Library

What is your favorite legend?
Robin Hood

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
The epic women of my family who prove you’re never too old to learn something new.

Kim, Official S’more Tester Peachy

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Craft shed

What is your favorite legend?
Um. I don’t think I have one? I don’t really know many legends, save for the usual urban legends we recite to scare the bejeebus out of each other at sleep overs.

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
I got nothing. Is that sad? That’s sad. Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) maybe?

Rhiannon, Dispatch Specialist Bibbidi

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Haunted Library

What is your favorite legend?
The Manx legend of the Fenodyree, a friendly fuzzy fairy who helps with chores

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Tove Jansson, the creator of the Moomins, who lived a brave, beautiful and fascinating life

Sarah, Counselor Wendybird for Troop Neverland

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Lakeshore

What is your favorite legend?
Peter Pan and Wendy

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Felicia Day

Steena, Lore Coordinator Steena

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
The Woods

What is your favorite legend?
Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’. I also love tales of house spirits, which go by many names depending on where you’re from. I know them best as Tomte, Nisse, Domovye, and Brownies.

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
The Mirabal sisters, they were revolutionaries in the Dominican Republic. Also, Dana and Ginger Lamb, who were adventurers in the 1930s.

Summer, Camp Director Sumsy

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
The Woods

What is your favorite legend?
Serious mom vibes here going with Demeter, but I’ve always been drawn to the legend of Demeter searching for Persephone.

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Oh no. Super series mom vibes if I say my own mom???? She’s a legend to me and always shows me strength, love, and compassion.

Vic, Counselor Gamgee for Troop Quest

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Troop Cabin

What is your favorite legend?
I’ve always been fascinated by Arthurian legend, and stories of long lost places just waiting to be found like Atlantis. And of course, my beloved cryptids.

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
Steve Irwin! His passion for animals and conservation was amazing. I look up to him immensely and wish he was still here.

Victoria, Counselor Bangarang for Troop Neverland

Where is your favorite spot to be at Camp?
Craft Shed

What is your favorite legend?
I live in Savannah, Georgia, so I love all the ghost stories about my hometown, but I think my favorite legends are about fairies and fairy rings. Loved them since I was little!

Who is a real life legend that inspires you?
I think my friends are legends! They’ve been through a lot, mentally and physically. We all encourage each other to be strong. ☺️

We hope you’re enjoying your stay at IGGPPCamp this year! We’d love to know your favorite legend! Chat with us on Twitter or Instagram!