Retro Friday: Camp Gate
Posted by anthologycreative
Every opening day cars line up outside the gate and excited campers gather around eagerly waiting for the gates to open. This has been true for many years now. The top picture shows the entrance into camp in 1936. Back then, camp was from July 14 – August 25. Campers came for six weeks. Charles Burts was the director of Camp Ridgecrest for Boys at this time. He was the second camp director. The bottom picture shows the camp gate nearly 20 years later. The sign in the second picture is hanging in camp. Do you know where the sign is hanging now? Comment below and share any stories or facts about the different camp gates! We’d love to know!
Posted in Boys, News | Tagged Camp Ridgecrest Alumni and Friends, Camp Ridgecrest for Boys, Retro Friday, Ridgecrest Summer Camps
I have seen the 1936 picture of the gate before, but the one I saw had Ron Springs opening the gate so the 1936 campers could come in and Rick Johnson was riding on a horse that got loose.!!