Staff Interview: Justin Davidson, 2019 Volunteer
“I think people need to work hard and be diligent, but everyone needs a good laugh to keep them going.” […]
“I think people need to work hard and be diligent, but everyone needs a good laugh to keep them going.” […]
A letter from Craig Lomax – February 2019 Dear Friends, I am excited (and a little sad) to share with you some big news from Marianne and I. After 29 years, we have decided to close our time at Rock-N-Water. It was a difficult choice to make, but it is time for us to embark [...]
Preparing for your group’s trip to camp is time consuming and can be stressful at times so it is important to try to get this done as soon as you can before camp. This is really helpful when it comes to prepping for camp for the youth leader themselves. This means taking time yourself to [...]
When you are taking a group of students to camp, there always seems to be something left undone, some seemingly tiny detail that eludes you until it becomes blazingly unavoidable to recognize that failure to check that box, can have a significantly detrimental impact on the overall quality of your [...]
All youth leaders at some point try different things that will provide the opportunity for the kids of their youth group to get along well and really get to know each other. While you can easily still do those things at home, many youth leaders and groups are finding that taking the group to a [...]
If you’ve ever adventured with us at our summer camp over the past years, you may have seen our guides wearing a specific type of sandals which are called Chaco Sandals. Many of our summer guides have these shoes at our camp because of their durability and strong grip that is necessary for the [...]
There are certain certifications that every Rock-N-Water summer staff has to go through before they can guide campers on the water such as CPR and WFA (Wilderness First Aid). Because these certifications are so important to the safety of our campers, Rock-N-Water choose and continues to choose Sierra Rescue to train our staff for these [...]
The search for the perfect dry bag You would think that when looking for the perfect dry bag that one of your requirements wouldn’t be “that it stays dry inside.” Isn’t that a given? […]
You could win one of three $50 REI Gift Cards As our 2016 49er Fun Season draws to a close, we thought we'd transport ourselves out of 1854 and back into 2016 with a fabulous online sweepstakes. Time is limited, but it's super easy and we've given you multiple ways to enter. 49er Fun - [...]
March 2016 Water Year Forecast for the South Fork of the American River tl;dr: No Change. Forecast drops slightly but stays in the upper range of Below Normal SFAR Water Year Forecast as of March 1, 2016 The March Water Report was released yesterday March 8th, with the Water-Year forecast staying in the Below Normal [...]