Spend this holiday season with your family having fun in the outdoors, making homemade crafts, and trying new, delicious recipes! These activities are a nice way to spend quality time with your family connecting and making great memories. You might even discover new family holiday traditions! Lafayette Reservoir Ornament Tree
The Season of Gratitude The holiday season is a special time of year filled with family, friendship, laughter, and fun. It is also a great opportunity to think about and share what we are truly grateful for this year. The act of sharing what we are grateful for can be
The holidays are a great opportunity to spend quality time with family! Here are some of our favorite holiday activities found locally at the Lafayette Reservoir or doable from your home! Outdoor Holiday Activities Lafayette Reservoir Ornament Tree Come see the beautiful Ornament Tree at the Lafayette Reservoir!
Cooking outdoors over an open fire is a camper favorite during the summer. However many of our cooking techniques can also be done in home ovens and the recipes are great all year long. Our Dutch Oven Apple Crisp is one we especially love to share during at Thanksgiving. Fall
Gratitude is an such important life skill to practice with our children especially during challenging times. This is something we do at camp with kids of all ages. While practicing and teaching gratitude can be done all year long, this season offers many opportunities to get creative in those efforts.
Fall is a fantastic time for family hiking and enjoying the outdoors in the Bay Area. There are great hikes for kids that provide plenty of opportunities to see the splendors of the season and spectacular trees in full array of autumn colors. The Lafayette Reservoir can be
Spring has sprung and the weather has been getting warmer, it’s a great time to get unplugged and take advantage of all the parks and trails the Bay Area has to offer. Did you know that hiking can also help your brain? The article “Doctors Tell Us How Hiking
Being cooped up in the house all day can make anyone stir crazy, so it’s really great and beneficial to spend some quality time with your family! Here are lots of fun things for your kids and family to do together at home or outdoors that are perfect for spending
At Roughing It, we are all about creating fun outdoor experiences that help campers grow and develop life skills. Our program that focuses on this is our GRIT – Great Roughing It Team Challenge program! The goal of this program is to help our campers grow through new
This easy, no bake, fruit tart is a camp favorite and a simple recipe to make at home. Gather up your campers and make some delicious tarts together, using whatever fruit toppings you like! SUPPLIES: Small Dixie Plates Zip-lock Bags Large Bowl Mixing Spoon INGREDIENTS: 2 packs Graham Crackers 3
As we head into the busy holiday season, it’s a perfect time to pause and think about what we are truly grateful for this year, and to share with each other our thanks for the small and large blessings that are so abundant all around us. Thanksgiving is a perfect
We are gearing up for summer 2020 and have added new adventures to keep your campers happy and healthy at camp! Keep reading below for more details! More Trail Rides!Explore new trails out on the “Back 40” and group trail rides for beginner through advanced riders. Learn to ride the trail
With Thanksgiving upon us, now is the time of year when people start to reflect on everything they are thankful for. Although this is the season to be grateful for what you have, gratitude is something that is great to practice all year long. Research studies show kids and adults
“… a few weeks spent in a well-organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work” – Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, in his 1922 treatise on education A summer at camp provides a unique learning experience and opportunity
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Orinda CA, 94563
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