Bay Cliff-isms
This ditty about the sun, the rain, and the apple seeds is a favorite grace amongst campers and staff.
What is Johnny Appleseed?
This clothing accessory must be removed from your person before entering the Big House for a meal.
What is a hat?
This famous Marquette landmark, located at Presque Isle Park, is best known as a place for visitors to jump into the Lake Superior waters below.
What is Black Rocks?
This UP classic is Mr. Ryan's favorite food.
What is a pasty?
This biopic won Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars ceremony.
What is Oppenheimer?
This traditional military trumpet call is played to signify the start of each day during summer camp.
What is Reveille?
This eggy breakfast treat originated in Finland and is a favorite amongst campers and staff.
What are Finnish Pancakes?
These are the only two current full-time Bay Cliff employees that graduated high school from Marquette Senior High.
Who are Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Clare?
This European soccer team is Mr. Ryan's borderline obsession.
What is Manchester United Football Club?
An American dairy cow has this many stomachs.
What is one stomach, divided up into four individually functioning compartments?
During summer camp, campers and staff are not allowed to walk on or across this space out of respect for the Bay Cliff tradition.
What is the Flag Field?
This wonderfully amazing person has been Bay Cliff's baker for over a decade!
Who is Mrs. Sandi?
This well-known submarine sandwich shop in Marquette was founded back in 1964.
What is Togos?
Despite spending the majority of his life in Marquette, Mr. Ryan was born in this midwest city.
What is Milwaukee, WI?
A group of turkeys is known as this.
What is a rafter?
This is the nickname and award given to the camper of the week in The Den (aka Unit 5) during summer camp.
What is Sam's Bear?
This soup and sandwich combination is a staple dinner during summer camp.
What is grilled cheese and tomato soup?
Marquette's public library is named after this Marquette, Michigan founding father.
Who is Peter White?
Mr. Ryan has lived on these three, numerically named, Marquette, MI streets throughout his life.
What are 2nd Street, 3rd Street, and 4th Street?
An octopus has this many hearts.
What is three?
This is Bay Cliff's version of a morning news and talk show (ie. Good Morning America) that is performed after breakfast each weekday during summer camp.
What is the Morning Show?
Staff get dressed up for these two nice meals to signify the beginning and closing of summer camp.
What are the Opening and Closing Banquets?
Camps and homes were destroyed in May of 2003 when this Marquette river flooded after taking on water from a broken dam.
What is the Dead River?
When Mr. Ryan was a counselor at Bay Cliff in 2022, this was the nickname he had given his cabin in Unit 2.
What is Mr. Ryan's Dog House?
If the earth was shrunk down to 2.25 inches in diameter, it would be smoother to the touch than this object used in a popular American pub game.
What is a billiards cue ball?