Posted in Rock Climbing on Oct 15th, 2007
Following our recent posts on Castle Rock and Dunn’s Rock, the two big granite outcroppings on the Rockbrook kids camp property, we can’t neglect to talk about rock climbing because we have such great opportunities to climb right here at camp. There’s so much rock so accessible from camp, it’s easy to get excited about [...]
Posted in Camps on Oct 8th, 2007
Here’s a view of the other large prominent rock on the Rockbrook Camp property: Dunn’s Rock. This is looking across one of the riding rings back toward the main part of camp and up the hill to the rock. More so than Castle Rock, Dunn’s is famous. In fact, it is the site [...]
Posted in North Carolina on Oct 4th, 2007
Rockbrook camp is set in the mountains of western North Carolina on 200 acres a few miles south of Brevard. It’s unique because the main part of camp sits in a gently sloping valley between two large rocks, granite outcroppings, that can be seen quite easily from miles away. The smaller of the [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Oct 2nd, 2007
Here is a glimpse into Rockbrook Summer Camp history. A family here is Brevard, the Tuckers, who are related to the Carriers, who founded Rockbrook back in 1921, found a stack of old camp photos and passed them along to us. Some certainly show their age, but there are so many fascinating [...]
Posted in Camps on Sep 28th, 2007
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been making our fall travel plans, scheduling Rockbrook Camp parties all over the south. Several are set on the calendar. Chances are we’re coming to your city or some place close by, so check out the schedule here: Camp Party Schedule. If you haven’t come to [...]
Posted in Kids on Sep 27th, 2007
Rockbrook is a kids camp in NC, that’s for sure, but we have so many kids that come to camp from other states far and wide. Of course, most are in the south— South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Florida —but campers come from the midwest (e.g. Ohio!) and the northeast as well. Most [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Sep 20th, 2007
Here’s something fun. We put together a short music video of scenes from this past summer. We hope you like it. It gives you just a taste of what went on!
Posted in Camp on Aug 28th, 2007
We came across this interesting book, History of Organized Camping: The First 100 Years by Eleanor Eells. It discusses the earliest camps, the people who founded them, and the first motivations behind summer camping. While the ideas of how camp is beneficial to children have changed over the years (from providing exercise, to [...]
Posted in Camp on Aug 20th, 2007
Saw this series of sketches over at the New Yorker and thought they were funny. Of course, none of the critters exist at Rockbrook, but they’re fun to imagine nonetheless.
Camper Bug Report
Posted in Summer Camp on Aug 18th, 2007
We’ve had our final closing spirit fire for the summer, and we can’t help but remember all of the wonderful parts of the summer. We’ve made so many amazing friends, seen so many beautiful places, and enjoyed so many fun activities. As we’re busy with everything each day, it’s easy to forget how [...]
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