This summer at Camp Keyauwee, girls with dirt under their fingernails are learning how to build a campfire, hiking through the woods, paddling canoes and falling asleep to a chorus of tree frogs and crickets in an environment blissfully free of Soulja Boy ringtones and iCarly reruns.

Camp Keyauwee, a 350-acre spread in Randolph County that serves Girl Scouts in a 13-county area, has been giving girls a back-to-nature experience for more than 60 years.

Sure, many of these girls will return to a sedentary life in front of the television and computer and never dip a paddle in lake water again. But for some, a week or two of unplugged play in the woods can leave an imprint that will last a lifetime.

Keyauwee is one of several outdoors-based camps across the state where children and teenag

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