Posted in Children on Jun 21st, 2007
Auction and Harry Potter night rolled into one? Whose crazy idea was this? I don’t know but it was a great one!
Campers showed up at the dining hall for evening program dressed up in their hogwarts gear and ready for a great time. Each table was given a handful of Rockbrook bucks to bid with. [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on Jun 8th, 2007
Have you seen the camp countdown lately (It’s over on the sidebar )? There’s only one day left before Rockbrook opens for the season! We’ve had the counselors here for a week training and getting to know each other. We’re preparing the cabins, organizing activity areas, and gathering up all sorts [...]
Posted in Kids on May 30th, 2007
What do you eat when you go to a kids summer camp like Rockbrook? Well, it’s not all dessert like this , but we serve all sorts of “kid-friendly” meals… everything from pizza, to burgers, to pasta, and (our personal favorite) tacos. There’s always a vegetarian entre option, and during lunch two [...]
Posted in North Carolina on May 28th, 2007
All of us at Rockbrook Camp are wishing you a safe and pleasant Memorial Day. We’re looking forward to seeing you this summer!
Posted in Outdoors on May 14th, 2007
And speaking of relay races… here’s another classic summer camp activity. It’s the greased watermelon! There are several versions of this, but basically you take a good sized watermelon, coat it with shortening, toss it in the water (yep, it floats) and then you try to push it through the water as a [...]
Posted in Girls Camps on May 11th, 2007
Most Sunday afternoons at camp, we have an all-camp activity, a game or event where all of the age groups get together and play. Here’s an example where we split everyone up into three different teams (pink, blue and green!) and had different relay races… egg and spoon, leap frog, fill the cup, three-legged [...]
Posted in Swimming on Apr 30th, 2007
The lake at Rockbrook is built between four really big rocks, gigantic bolders in fact. That’s really cool because these rocks make perfect places to lounge in the sun, catch a few rays, or just to leave your towel as you swim. Sunbathing during free swim is a pretty popular activity with our [...]
Posted in Adventure on Apr 27th, 2007
Speaking of canoeing, it’s still a summer camp activity we offer at Rockbrook. Like most of the adventure activities, we have a progression where kids first learn basic skills and safety procedures, and then move up to more challenging aspects. For canoeing, we learn the names and uses of the equipment (the boats [...]
Posted in Summer Camp on Apr 25th, 2007
Here’s something cool— it’s the cover page from the 1925 camp catalog. Rockbrook’s first summer was in 1921, so this is very early in the history of the camp. You can see the founders listed right there on the bottom: Nancy Clarke Carrier and Henry Carrier, her husband. No doubt the photo is a canoeing [...]
Posted in Counselors on Mar 30th, 2007
We found this great picture of Ashleigh from last summer, and thought we’d pass it on. Also, we’re excited to let you know that she’ll be back this summer to work again as a counselor on the outdoor adventure staff. This looks like one of those crazy “self portraits” (holding the camera with [...]
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