re: Who went to YMCA day camp in the 80s?

I went to zoo camp there in Baker a few summers in elementary school because our neighbor worked there and got my poor arse in for free

Went to Camp Beau Bois for day camp in the mid 70s.

Regular summer camp from 75-86.

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There are very few YMCAs that exist at all anymore.

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They are all over Houston scattered between inside the loop and in the burbs. The ones I have been in have very nice gyms with good equipment as well so they aren't just some dopey little one step up from a hotel gym either.

As for day camp, I went during the Summers for a few years to one in Monroe back in the 80's. It was ok and thinking about it, that's where I actually learned about weight lifting. Most of the counselors were high school kids so supervision was a little sketchy from what I remember but some of the guys played football and would show us how to lift.

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Over by the library, I assume.

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In the 1950s, when I attended day camp, it was a large white building where the high school now stands. That old Y burned in about 1952, and the high school was later built on that site.

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Officially retired now and doing a little reminencing.

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Such a sad post. Normal people would simply ask the question. But you have to lead with the fiction that you’re retired. And you misspell reminiscing.

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Oh man Camp Forbing in Shreveport was the daily baby sitter for me in the summers.

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Same. Tons of great memories from my youth were made at Camp Forbing.

I went to the one on Houma Blvd in Metairie back then. The place was massive and I had a blast there. It’s gone now, but it was a gargantuan YMCA that eventually moved to Power Blvd.

I went to YMCA day camp (baton rouge) for a couple summers in the late 80's/early 90's. It was the one on Old Hammond hwy. It was great! We swam in the big pool daily and also did a lot of field trips to bowling alleys and such. I don't believe things like that exist anymore.