Photo Shoot with Ron

Hopefully you have received your Fall Bear Tracks Newsletter in the mail.  If not, it should be arriving shortly or you can see it on our website, click here.  The front page gives details for the 2nd Annual Camp Crestridge Day which is on December 1.  That is this Saturday!  We have challenged you to take your photo of Ron (included in the Newsletter) and take it wherever you go.  Be sure to take pictures for your chance to win $50!  Be creative with how, where, and with whom you take the picture.  After you take your picture, you can either e-mail it to us at rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com or you can post it directly to our Crestridge Facebook page.  All submissions must be e-mailed or posted by midnight on December 2nd.
In case you wanted more options of Ron’s face, we now have more available!  Feel free to print out any of these extra faces.  Again, be creative and have fun!

We can’t wait to see your pictures!  Submissions are due by midnight on December 2nd!

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Welcome Back the Question of the Week!

The “Question of the Week” is back! Beginning in October, we will be posting a new question every Thursday at 4PM and revealing the answer to each question on Friday at 4PM.  It can be trivia about camp or even a picture of something in camp for you to identify. Hold on, it gets even better! The last Thursday of every month you will have the opportunity to win prizes for answering the question that week.  Everyone who answers the question for that week correctly will be entered in a drawing for whatever prize we are giving away.  So put on your thinking caps and be on the lookout next week for the first question!

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Highlights from 1B 2012

Feeling the end of Summer blues now that Fall is here?  Here are some highlights from 1B to help you transition from Summer into Fall.

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Ragan Is Here!

I am excited to announce that Ragan has arrived to camp and ready for the year!  Ragan is from Waverly, Tennesee and just graduated from Liberty University.  This will be her fourth summer at Crestridge.  In the past she has served as a Cheyenne counselor and the Cheyenne Village Director.  Her favorite thing about camp is making new friends and seeing old ones.  After taking this past summer off from camp to spend time in India she is super excited to be at camp all year long and about seeing all of you next summer!

We are so thankful to have Ragan here as our Intern!

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We’re Up to 26

It’s official!  We are now going to have 26 cabins at Crestridge!  Starting this fall, we’ll begin building a new cabin on Cherokee Hill just down from Cherokee 21.  Cherokee is the first village to fill up and has long waiting lists for each session.  By building this cabin, we’ll now be able to accommodate 60 campers each session in the Cherokee village.  We are so thankful for God’s blessings on Crestridge and that He has provided us with the campers to fill another cabin!  We’ll keep you posted through the year as we start construction.

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2012 Photo Book Now Available

For the past several summers, our Photographer has created a photo book as a way to remember the summer in photos!  These books can be found in our Crestridge Museum.  Our photo book from 2012 is now available.  If you would like to view and/or purchase the book, click on the following link – http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=a7f3dbd912273cb7&sid=0AbMXLZw5atmTj4

There are different sizes available which means there are different price options.  A special thanks goes to Jackie Long, our 2012 Photographer.  She did a great job putting this together!

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2012 Clothing Items

If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the clothing for this summer, now is your chance!  Since we are going to have a larger store, we figured we would need to add more options to help fill the space. You have great options to choose from this year!  (Click on the picture to see a bigger image and hold your mouse over the picture to see the name)

Don’t forget to pre-order your clothes for the summer!  Our store will be open on Opening and Closing Days.  We’ll also open the store a few times throughout the session.  We’ll also have a nice, new store in the Beehive!  Pictures of the progress can be seen on our Facebook page!  See you soon!

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Congratulations To….

Kathleen Sullivan!  Kathleen was the first person to send in the correct answers for the Online Scavenger Hunt which started at 5PM on Tuesday.  It was a very close race with many participants, but Kathleen pulled through to win $50 to our Clothing Store this summer!  Here are the correct answers:

My Ideal Day at Camp

The first thing I want to hear in the morning is the sound of the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­    Wake-Up Bell    and Marva’s voice ringing loudly over the speaker. All morning when I am at skills I think about ­     Chicken  Tender     Tuesday . That is just what I need to give me the energy I need for my favorite activity – sock war! The only problem is that I have a sweet tooth, but that will be  satisfied  by going to the   Beehive   to get some Reese’s Cups. After working up a sweat during sock war, it feels great to  blob   into the nice cool lake. After free swim, a few friends and I go find  dry  firewood and start building the tepee  so we can cook  Crossover   S’mores . But we can’t hang around for too long because we get to go sing campfire songs with Singing   Sequoia. There is no better way to end the day than to sit the fire and watch the embers float into the starry sky.

We hope you enjoyed the Online Scavenger Hunt!  It won’t be long until you are living out the ideal day at camp!

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On-line Scavenger Hunt Challenge

Here is the blog post you need to complete the on-line scavenger hunt we had in the Spring Bear Tracks you recently received. If you didn’t receive the Bear Tracks, you can still complete this challenge! Complete this scavenger hunt and be the first one to email the answers to rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com and you could win $50 to the camp store. (Please put your name in the email along with the answers numbered to match the blanks!) To do the on-line scavenger hunt follow the clues below and answer each question. The links will take you to different websites to find the answer for each blank! Have fun!

My Ideal Day at Camp

The first thing I want to hear in the morning is the sound of the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­    Blank 1    ___Blank 2_and Marva’s voice ringing loudly over the speaker. All morning when I am at skills I think about ­     Blank 3  Blank 4     Blank 5 . That is just what I need to give me the energy I need for my favorite activity – sock war! The only problem is that I have a sweet tooth, but that will be  Blank 6  by going to the   Blank 7   to get some Reese’s Cups. After working up a sweat during sock war, it feels great to  Blank 8   into the nice cool lake. After free swim, a few friends and I go find  Blank 9  Blank 10 and start building the Blank 11  so we can cook  Blank 12   Blank 13 . But we can’t hang around for too long because we get to go sing campfire songs with Blank 14   Blank 15. There is no better way to end the day than to sit by the fire and watch the Blank 16 float into the starry sky.

1. Blank 1 & 2– What is the first thing listed on the “Typical schedule” here: http://www.ridgecrestcamps.com/girls/program/day_at_camp.shtml?
2. Blank 3 – What is the main kind of meat this carrier offers: meat carrier?
3. Blank 4 – What is a word that means, “Having a soft or yielding texture”? (Hint: you can use Google to help you.)
4. Blank 5 – What day is two days after Sunday?
5. Blank 6 – Follow this link: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+17:15&version=NIV1984 to the New International Version of Psalm 17:15. What word in this passage could also mean “content”?
6. Blank 7 – Go to this picture on the Camp Crestridge for Girls Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151220240870188&set=pu.96538800187&type=1&theater. What building is this a part of?
7. Blank 8 – Watch the video on the Blog for January 30^th  called,  “These are a few of my favorite things.” http://girlsblog.ridgecrestcamps.comcategory/girls/ The 2^nd to last camper on the video says she likes two things “_______ and being in the cabin with friends.” What is the first thing she says she likes?
8. Blank 9 – First word: opposite of wet: _____________;
9. Blank 10 – Second word: What is this website giving you information about: information?

10. Blank 11 – According to this website, (dwelling places), what are Plains Indian’s dwelling places?

11. Blank 12 – This is a kind of car that is a mix between an SUV and a standard car. An example is a Buick enclave.

12. Blank 13 – One of the fireside “desserts” we eat at camp: fireside dessert

13. Blank 14 – 1^st word: what are the girls doing in this video: Crestridge Video Blog ?

14. Blank 15 – What is the name of a Native American Leader (wikipedia ) and also the name of a kind of tree (wikipedia)

15. Blank 16 – What is something that is in a fire? online dictionary

Don’t forget to e-mail your answers to rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com!  First person to send us the correct answers will win $50 to our camp store!

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Crestridge Beehive Construction Update

Things are moving along very quickly here! The construction workers have almost completed their work before the final inspection for the Beehive. There are just a few last things they have to finish up. Since the last update, they have put on a lot of the finishing touches like door handles, lighting, toilets, sinks, and the rest of the trim. It looks fantastic!

They have put in wood floors and lighting in the clothing store and the museum and they look so nice!

They put in tile floor in the food area of the store, and looks great!

They also put tile floor in the bathrooms, as well as toilets, sinks, and door handles on all of the doors.

Workers have also been working on the gym – the inside has been repainted and looks so nice, especially with those new windows! Pretty soon, the outside will be painted as well!

The latest project has been the riflery range, which has been going up quickly.  This is up on Cherokee hill, beyond Cherokee 22.  It is a much bigger platform than our old one, and will be nice to have more space up there.

We can’t wait for everyone to see these awesome improvements to camp in person! The time will be here before we know it!

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