Spilman Deck Ready for a Roof

The addition to Spilman is really starting to take shape now! Next to go up will be the metal roof, with the railing soon to follow. The workers have looked pretty cold while working, but they still manage to get alot done!

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The New Infirmary

We have broken ground on the New Infirmary at Ridgecrest! This will be a great addition with lots of improvements. First of all, it will be the new home for the camp nurses. Both their living quarters as well as the Nurses Station will be located in this building. The new Infirmary will help the foot traffic in and out of the Lake lodge as well as enable us to take better care of our sick campers and staff. We have received great feedback from the nurses so far, using their suggestions in our design! Not only will the new infirmary help with the flow of camp, but it will be a really cool building too. With a covered porch, and metal roof, the Infirmary will face the lake offering a great place for nurses, campers and staff to rock and relax.

You may wonder what will happen to the old Infirmary. Well, with the addition of 4 more camper cabins this summer, we will be converting 2 staff cabins into new camper cabins. So, we need a place to house these central staff. The Old Infirmary was an obvious choice. It offers a large flexible space that more than accommodates our central staff. (Have a suggestion for what to Name the Old Infirmary? Comment below…)

Another bonus: We are adding heat to the Nurses Rooms in the new Infirmary. This will enable us to offer a few rooms in the off season for alumni and staff to use when they visit. Sometimes a weekend at camp does a lot of good in the off season…we want to serve our staff and alumni, offering the chance to come, relax, and spend some time with the Lord in this place that means so much to so many people.

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“Best of” Video Clips: Installment #3

You’ve seen the best blobs, now it’s time for some slide action.  Some guys were more coordinated on the slide than others were…as you’ll see.  As for the second clip, some of the best memories from the summer for certain staff is always messy games.  It’s a great time for campers to cover their counselors (and vice versa) in ranch dressing, ketchup, relish, syrup, well, you get the idea.  MMMMM…messy games!

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A Berry Baby

On January 2nd Phil Berry, our Assistant Director, became a dad to his 2nd little girl. No doubt a future Crestridger, Lily Eve Berry was born 6 lbs 9 oz and healthy as can be. Phil and his wife Amy are excited about introducing all of you this summer to their new daughter Lily.

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“Best of” Video Clips: Part 2

The new year is here and with it comes new video clips!  The first video shows the staff getting down and dirty at staff week last year.  During that week the staff does a lot (and I mean A LOT) of cleaning but they also have lots of fun in between as you’ll see!  The second clip is various boys throughout the summer showing everyone some mad skills…there is never a wrong time to bust out with some killer dance moves!  Keep checking back for the next “best of” installment.

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Camp Winter Reunion

Between Christmas and New Years every year a crew from Ridgecrest Summer Camps comes together for a few days in the mountains. We don’t plan mutch, but we do eat a lot, tell camp stories, stay up too late, and just enjoy being back at camp…even for just a few days! Groups like this one is one reason so many people return to camp summer after summer…the friendships seem to last forever…

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The Porch

The Spilman Porch is underway! You can see the log limbers supporting the floor system for the porch stretching the length of the building. The logs are beautiful, and the deck is a whopping 11 feet wide…the widest deck anywhere in camp! The porch floors will be finished soon, and the logs being used upstairs in the dining hall will be ariving tomorrow. More pictures soon… (If you have yet to subscribe to this post, just click on the bottom right to make it easy to see updates!)

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Ridgecrest’s “Best of” Video Clips

All right fellas, each week for your viewing pleasure a couple video clips will be posted that’ll make you bust a gut.  Okay, so maybe many of you won’t laugh quite that hard, but all of you will get a kick out of the footage.  These clips were compiled from stuff shot over the summer.  Some might be familiar to you, but mostly it’ll be things that didn’t make the session videos for one reason or another.  Check back each week to see the newest picks!

So, without further ado, turn the lights down, grab the popcorn and watch the clips below to enjoy some of the craziness that is Camp Ridgecrest!

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Spilman Timbers

Look at the size of these logs! These are the timbers that will support the new addition to Spilman! Using Chainsaws, nails, and hammers, the men muscled these hefty supports into place. They look impressive already…only making us more excited to see the finished product! More pictures soon…

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Spilman Progress

The historic Spilman Lodge is growing! After waiting for the weather to cooperate, the carpenters began their work…or at least the work we could see. You can now see the outline of the new floor system. This part will move somewhat slowly, but once the foundation is secure, they will be done in only a few weeks. I found it interesting that the builders are choosing to not use many power tools. They are swinging hammers, rather than shooting nail guns. Although slower, I find this to be fitting considering they are working on a building built with no plans back in 1942. They are doing everything possible to make the addition blend and seem as if it was a part of the original structure. I’ll post more pictures very soon…

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