The First Secret Assignment of the New Year!

Posted by Karah

So we were thinking about what the secret assignment should be for this month and realized that the parts of camp we miss the most right now are the cheers and songs! With that in mind, we want you to go out into the world and share your camp spirit. This month, the winners will be the people who can send us pictures and videos of themselves doing a song or cheer in a public place. We chose the Biltmore Estate, where will you go? Submissions are due on Friday, January 28th. As usual, all submissions can be sent to Hunter Barnhardt at rhbarnhardt@gmail.com. Good luck and have fun!

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December’s Assignment Winners

Posted by Karah

Christmas fever is slowly subsiding here at camp, but, in one last effort to make holidays remain just a moment longer, here are last month’s Secret Assignment Winners. We were pleased with the number, and quality, of submissions this past month, so we were faced with a difficult task with only selecting two winners. Stay posted to the website, because January’s secret assignment will be coming soon. So, with no further ado, here are the last remnants of Christmas 2010…

Harrison Collins was, as usual, very naughty. Here he is chasing Santa through the mall.

Maxx Marshall was nice this year. He was on Santa's Sock War team.


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Merry Christmas from the Camps

Posted by Karah

We know that every family has their own set of traditions, so we wanted to share some camp Christmas traditions. Most of you know all about our summer traditions, but what if camp had traditions in the off-season? You are being shown a never-before-seen look into our reading of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”. We would enjoy hearing what some of your family traditions are. You can share them by commenting here, or you can write on our facebook wall (http://www.facebook.com/CampRidgecrest ). From all of us here at camp, have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

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December’s Secret Assignment

Posted by Karah

It’s that time again! That’s right folks, December’s Secret Assignment his here and we have made things a bit more challenging than they have been in the past. This month, your picture must be taken with a NON-CAMP person. No family members allowed, but other than that, go crazy. Get famous people or your friends who don’t come to camp but should. Either way, keep up the creativity. Submissions are due Thursday, December 15th. As usual, send your pictures to RHBARNHARDT@GMAIL.COM. Have fun and good luck!


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This Month’s Winners…

Posted by Karah

Dear Blog Viewer/Follower,

It is with great joy that we, the year-round office staff of Ridgecrest, bring you monthly videos and weekly pictures of this beautiful place we all know and love. Yet, something  is amiss here in blog writing land.  This morning, I set out with the intention of, once more, posting the winners of this month’s secret assignment. Unfortunately, there are no submissions to post. That’s right, not a single one of you, dear reader, took the time to send us pictures. This contest was designed to give you a chance to see what happens here at camp when you aren’t here, and then, in turn, for you to show us what is going on where you live. This month, I am sad to say, our interaction is only one way.

Crestridge, on the other hand, did not have this problem. They had a number of excellent submissions. Enough, in fact, to fill, not one, but two blog posts. Dear boy’s camp viewer, this cannot stand. We have nothing but respect for our Sisters in Christ, but we cannot stand idly by as they make a mockery of our esteemed institution. I cry to you, dear reader, this travesty cannot continue. Arise from your apathetic slumbers and show these girls just how dedicated we are to this place called Camp Ridgecrest.

In conclusion, we miss you all. Camp just isn’t the same when it’s empty. For now, we leave you with a small gift in hopes that it will inspire you to the greatness we know you are all capable of.

In Christ,

The Ridgecrest Office Staff

Why won't people send us pictures?!


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Surprise Contest Winners!

Posted by Karah

We were blown away by how many of you submitted pictures during our week long pumpkin carving contest! It was tough to find just one winner for each camp, but after much deliberation we have selected two winners. We want to thank everyone who participated, and we will be posting as many of the submissions as we can in the next few days. So, without any further ado, the winners are: 1)Mabry Craddock Shows her Cherokee pride 2)The Krugman Brothers show off their Council Ring Pumpkin


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