I have been going to Rock-N-Water for the last three years and every summer it has been such an amazing experience. However, this past year, summer of 2016, was an especially been an amazing year for me spiritually. […]
Rock-N-Water is the best place to be, Every part is unique, every stick, stone, and tree. At Rock-N-Water there’s always something to do, You’ll never be idle, I’m telling you! […]
My First Rock-N-Water Experience The first time I came to Rock-N-Water to do the Backpacker Paluza, I was unprepared. It wasn’t that I had packed too light or too heavy. It wasn’t that I was out of shape and couldn’t hack it on the trail. It wasn’t that I hadn’t hydrated enough or eaten enough [...]
It takes a special presence of mind to do what our second place author did during their trip to the backcountry with Rock-N-Water. This anonymous author listened, was present in-the-moment and wrote down the small but meaningful conversations heard in the backcountry. Here’s our second place winning entry in the 2015 Rock-N-Water writing contest. […]
Rock-n-Water staff are renown for taking a personal interest in each camper. Take An Interest by Danae Cromwell 2015 Writing Contest My involvement with Rock-N-Water started in 2011, the year I first came as a camper on one of their backpacking camps, The Backpacker Paluza. That was a darn good week, if not potentially the [...]
Today we’re announcing the winners of our 2015 Rock-N-Water Essay Contest! This is our first year collecting these and we think you’ll be as pleased as we were to read them. Students of all ages, guides, youth directors, chaperones and even parents submitted 90 entries. Thank you all! This Thursday we’ll post our first place [...]
