Cabin Renovation

The cabins are looking different day by day! Cabins 19 and 20 now have the porch up and the roof laid across and its looking like a pretty cool and shady hangout spot for those hot summer days! Cabin 21 is also getting a big change with the addition of a big porch. Its coming along folks!

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Video: Ron Loves Halloween…

I bet you didn’t know that Ron’s favorite holiday was Halloween! He is almost obsessed! The lake Lodge at Camp Ridgecrest gets decorated in his spare time, he plays jokes on us in the office, and he even likes to scare us. Ok, ok, this may not be completely true, but we sure had fun making this video about our favorite Director – Ron. Enjoy and have a fun and safe Halloween!

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Its Pumpkin Carving Time

Each year, the calendar ticks away passing holiday after holiday. Every family or person has their own tradition for each holiday making each experience unique. Well we here in the Ridgecrest family have our own traditions as well. This Halloween marks the 3rd annual pumpkin carving extravaganza! So here is where you come in… carve your own pumpkin and send us a picture! At the end of October we will carefully inspect each picture sent in and then determine a winner! We will judge on the DOCO principle. Difficulty, Originality, Creativity and Originality. This, of course, is the judging criteria of any Big Orange Accredited pumpkin carving contest. The winner will receive a free camp shirt of your choice shipped right to you! Send in your pictures to matt.stapp@lifeway.com or post it on our Facebook Page and get creative!

All submissions are due no later than midnight Wednesday, October 31st!

Here are some pasts carvings we have seen:

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The Cabins are Changing…

Well folks we are finally renovating the final seven cabins! Cabins 17 through 23 are undergoing a major overhaul. No longer the homey cabins of old, but now stands the bare bones of cabins past. However, soon they will be back to their welcoming selves. The roofs are all gone and the porches done away and soon the floors will make their way out as well. Once complete, this will not only make the cabins look real snazzy, but also much more safe and cool for those hot summer days. Check out the pictures below!

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The Hunger Sock

Sockwar. One of my favorite games we play at camp. I am even having a hard time summing up Sockwar in these few sentences! There is so many awesome parts to the game that it is hard to describe on paper. Only one word I can think of even begins to remotely give a picture of the greatness of the game.

Legendary.

Here is a tiny, glimpse of one of the Sockwars from last year.

… and here is a video showing it off.

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Retro Friday: 1930s Brochure

Camp Ridgecrest opened it’s gates in 1929. Have you ever wondered what camp was like in 1930? Have you ever wanted to see pictures of the first cabins at camp? What about camp’s swimming pool…have you ever seen it? Or even a list of items campers were encouraged to bring back in 1930…see this and more in the Brochure of Camp Ridgecrest from 1930.

Click here to see the Brochure on the new Camp Ridgecrest Alumni page. Enjoy!

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Matt is here, but is he ready…

Our intern, Matt Stapp, is finally here and starting off with a night in the woods! He is from Conyers, Ga and next summer will be his 5th summer at camp. He has served as a Choctaw Counselor, Videographer, Arapaho TL and Program Director and who knows what for next summer! Check out this video and get to know a little more about Matt.

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Boys Blog gets New Name

It has been a few years since we started the Blogs here at Ridgecrest Summer Camps. We started 3 blogs at the same time. There was the “Boys Blog” (super original, I know), the “Girls Blog”, and the Parent’s Blog (which we called “Just for Parents”).

Earlier this month we decided to stop being boring and actually name the Blogs something meaningful and interested. After some debate, and even asking your opinions over Facebook, we decided on a name.

The Boys Blog is now known as “Our Paddles”. If this sounds random to you, let me explain. For many years we have closed Council Ring Ceremony each Sunday night by singing a special camp song. This song is called Our Paddles. Every camper over the past 40-50 years has sung this song at least once. It represents the quiet sounds and songs of the warriors paddling down river towards camp, the second verse is sung louder as the warriors pass through the camp, and then quiet again as they move down the river. This seems very similar to how so many of us interact with camp. We get excited as camp approaches, the have the time of our life during the best 2 or 4 weeks of our year here at camp, and then as we go back home we slowly become distracted from the traditions, the adventure, and even the lessons God taught us here at camp.

We see this Blog as a tool to remember. We want you to remember what the Lord taught you here at Camp last year, or even 30 years ago. Similar to the warriors canoeing down the river, Our Paddles seems like a perfect title that calls us to remember how it felt to get excited about camp before we arrived our last summer as a camper, to remember the adventure that our God took us on while at camp, and even the transition back into the “real world” back home.

Check back here often, as Our Paddles is updated at least once a week! See you soon…

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VLOG: Super Saturday

Yet another VLOG we are re-posting from this past summer….

Saturdays at Camp Ridgecrest are just awesome! And before you watch this I bet you could ask your camper why and they could tell you. But, just in case they aren’t there to fill you in, please watch this short clip and tell me one good reason why you wouldn’t want to join us on a Saturday at Camp!

Ridgecrest Vlog 2012 – Super Saturday from Ridgecrest Summer Camps on Vimeo.

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VLOG: Gladiator Night

Another addition of a “lost” VLOG we are re-posting to our blog!

Men. We love letting boys be boys, while at the same time, teaching boys to be men. And not just men, but men of God.

While I’m not saying you have to have huge muscles and be mean and tough to be a man, there is something within boys that loves acting like some of the “manly men” that watch on TV or in movies. For some of the younger boys, they are brought to life, just by getting to play “tough” while being surrounded my men who passionately love Jesus and love them as well. There is no doubt that through our counselors these boys interact with Godly men of all shapes, sizes and giftings. But in this one game, Gladiator Games, they get to let their testosterone run thick and they get to play hard. Man it’s fun to watch…

Ridgecrest Vlog 2012 – Gladiator from Ridgecrest Summer Camps on Vimeo.

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