Hi, Eager Campers!

These unusual times find us all with a lot of questions, but summer camps across the country have an optimistic resolve about the coming summer camp season. One of these many camps is Camp Takodah in Richmond, New Hampshire. Knowing full well what summer camp means to kids, the staff at Camp Takodah is looking forward to the summer. As noted on their website, “This summer,” it says, “Children will need Takodah more than ever.”

Each year Camp Takodah adds a new activity to their exciting gamut of awesome summer fun like the high ropes course addition from a couple years back as well as the standup paddleboards last year. And for the 2020 camp season, Camp Takodah is buying Corcls!

What are Corcls, you ask? That’s understandable. These things with the funny names are colorful, round boats that are designed specifically for kids. They make for easy paddling, spinning, and maneuvering. Kids are sure to have a blast! 

Aside from Corcls, Camp Takodah offers other water activities such as Canoeing, Diving, Kayaking, Rowing, Sailing, Water Trampoline, and more. Other activities they have are 4-Square, Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Mountain Biking, Riflery, Rugby, Soccer, Tennis, Tetherball,  Volleyball, Ropes Course, Rock Climbing, Zipline, and more!  

Each cabin has 10 campers and two college-age cabin leaders who have been carefully placed with kids of the same age and gender. Campers are even welcome to request one cabin-mate if they have a know a friend from home or a camp friend from previous years. It can be a helpful arrangement for campers who are a little nervous about their camp stay.

Learn more about this fantastic getaway for your summer camp experience on the Camp Takodah website when you click here. And, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Fans!

This week we’re fixing our summer camp spotlight westerly over to the coast in the heart of California where we find a very special place, just a short trip south of Yosemite National Park. Showing campers fantastic summer fun for the past 75 years since 1945, we’re excited to share the highlights of this summer camp that’s developed a great relationship with us here at Everything Summer Camp.

Skylake Yosemite Camp is located in the middle of the Sierra National Forest among hundreds of acres of woodsy trails and beautiful surrounding nature! Skylake shows its campers a dream location in the mountains, on the gorgeous Bass Lake, with the majesty of Yosemite for a backyard! A private dock and the lake offer Canoeing, Kayaking, Paddleboarding, Swimming, and more! On land, activities include Horse Riding, Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Ropes Course, and Climbing Wall, and miles of Mountain Biking trails to explore. Arts & Crafts, Drama, Music, Ceramics, Outdoor Cooking and lodge activities are also available for those looking to mix up their routine or for a slower paced activity.

The 6500 square foot main lodge at Skylake provides a large dining room, the rec. room, trading post, ceramics shop, and video room. Also, the lakeside porch runs along the length of the lodge for a fantastic view across Bass Lake to the surrounding mountains. The Skylake campus also provides its campers with facilities like the climbing wall, tennis courts, basketball court, sand volleyball courts, tetherball, ropes course, riding ring, ball field, Private Waterfront, Shower Houses, Health Center, and more.

There are 32 small cabins at Skylake. Each cabin has four sets of bunk beds for seven campers and one staff member to get a good night of sleep. The girl’s cabins are named after trees like Cedar, Lupine, Oak, and Ponderosa while the boy’s cabins are named for Native American tribes such as Mojave, Miwok, Pomo, and Maidus.

If Skylake Yosemite Camp sounds like it could be the special place you’re looking for to spend a summer in a new environment, take a closer look at this camp on their website by clicking right here. Enjoy finding the right fitting summer camp for you and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Preppers!

Sending your kids to summer camp can be quite the endeavor. But knowing where you want them to go is half the battle! Today, I’m highlighting the brother/sister Vista camps from down South—maybe just the place to send your boy or girl in the upcoming season! We’re shining our summer camp spotlight in the heart of Texas this week to give the Camp Rio Vista for Boys and Camp Sierra Vista for Girls their time to shine.

Situated along the beautiful Guadalupe River in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, the rich and beautiful natural surroundings of the Vista Camps offer the serene and glorious setting as well as an irresistible playground for campers.

Kids have a blast with a plethora of Water Activities such as Water Skiing, Knee Boarding, Wakeboarding, Swimming, Canoeing, Kayaking, Paddle Boarding. On the land there are Team Sports like Football, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Softball, Lacrosse, Rugby. You can also enjoy Chumble – Cheer & Tumbling, Frisbee and Disc Golf, Ropes Course, Conditioning, Tennis, Golf, Wrestling, Riflery, Archery, Horseback, Fishing, Trap Shooting, Outdoor Skills, and more!

And don’t forget about the Creative Activities you can take part in like Dance, Cheer, Arts and Crafts, Co-Ed Dance, Drama, Journalism, Scrap Booking, Guitar, and more!

Designed in complementary fashion to the gorgeous Texan landscape along the river, many of the campus buildings and cabins are all-natural stone constructions, built for comfort, beauty, cleanliness, and longevity.

The cabins are made so that they capture the cool breezes that roll along the Hill Country. The cabins are all equipped with electricity, comfy beds, and spacious for easy accommodation of campers and their belongings. All girls’ cabins as well as the youngest boys’ cabins feature connected bath facilities. Boys’ cabins house up to eight campers and two counselors while the girls’ cabins house up to six campers and two counselors for the youngest division and up to 19 campers and five counselors in the older groups.

A wonderful place for campers to get closer to themselves and the natural world around us all, check into these Vista Camps for your boys and girls and their upcoming summer camp stay and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp People!

Among the 270-plus summer camps that we love working with here at Everything Summer Camp, we’re celebrating one in particular on the Blog today. Get a glimpse of a great boys and girls camp—featured right now! We’re shining our summer camp spotlight westward to the Rocky Mountains in the heart of Colorado where we find Camp Sanborn. Sanborn Western Camps opened back in 1948 with 480 acres and saw just four campers their first summer. Now they’ve expanded enough for more than 700 kids to explore the 6000 acres that Sanborn Western Camps that Sanborn now own. children every summer, with more than 40 states and 12 countries represented each year

The activities available to each camper are dependent on age and gender. If your daughter is 9 to 16, you can see what kind of things she’d do at the High Trails Ranch by clicking here. If you want to send your 9 to 16-year-old son to Sanborn Western Camps, you can see what activities he can do at Big Spring Ranch by clicking right here. And, lastly, if you want to give your 7 to 10-year-old the Sanborn Juniors experience, check out the activities available to them when you click here.

It’s five boys and a counselor to each permanent platform tent or yurt at Big Springs and they have modern shower houses located nearby. At High Trails, the girls live in modern cabins—each one with a pair of sleeping dorms or ‘cabinsides’. They house ten girls and two counselors and offer a full bath and a living room with a rock fireplace. The Junior boys stay in the two Big Spring bunkhouses. Each bunkhouse has two dorm rooms and bathroom facilities attached. Meanwhile, the Junior girls live in a cabin at High Trails with a full bath and a living room with a moss-rock fireplace.

Camp Sanborn continues to put in hard work to add facilities that broaden the activities they can offer. Recently added to the gamut are Technical Rock Climbing as well as Mountain Biking. You’re sure to have a great summer in the Colorado Rockies! Give them a closer look by clicking here and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Folks!

Here on the Everything Summer Camp Blog, I like to give the awesome summer camps that we work with a little time for each one to shine in the summer camp spotlight that we’re shining! Today, get a glimpse of a great girls camp featured right here, right now! Today, we’re shining our summer camp spotlight over to the state of Tennessee where we find Camp Riva-Lake.

Since 1922, Camp Riva-Lake has welcomed young ladies to the first plateau of the Cumberland Mountains in a quiet cove on Tims Ford Lake in Winchester, Tennessee. Encircled by a wealth of natural resources, this gorgeous summer camp is within minutes of some of the area's most beautiful sites for outdoor adventure (including the Elk River and Foster Falls).

While at Camp Riva-Lake, kids have fun in the water with activities like Sailing, Canoeing, and daily trips to the lake for Swimming and other fun. And on land, they’re busy building their skills in Archery, Basketball, Crafts, Dance, Tennis, and Horse-back riding every other day (weather providing).

Designed for a good time, the Riva-Lake campgrounds include Horseback Riding facilities, Tennis Courts, a multi-use Activity Court, Sports Fields, a Playhouse for indoor activities and a private cove with a one-of-a-kind floating pool and boating docks Campgrounds include.

The cabins are cozy and built within close proximity to each other in order to establish a sense of being based in a community for the campers. Campers live in cabins with one or two counselors and are supervised by the counselors. The bathhouses are conveniently close to the cabins so there’s just a short distance for trips to the shower or bathroom trips at night.

Riva-Lake strives to maintain a low camper-to-counselor ratio to give the campers more individual one-on-one attention geared toward each camper gets everyone feeling more comfortable and part of a tight-knit community in a very short span of time.

Camp Riva-Lake may very well be a great summer camp experience for you. Look into it for your next summer camp stay by clicking here to check out their website and, as always, thanks for reading, Summer Campers!

- John