Ridgecrest Camps

So we’re building some new stuff for next summer! Stay tuned for more updates, but check out these pictures of us breaking ground on Shawnee Hill. We are adding one cabin in between cabin 7 and 8. This new cabin is almost like a preview of what all our cabins will look like in a few years. I think you’re gonna like them!  Here is a few pictures of us clearing a few trees and underbrush.  I’ll be sure to update you with more pictures over the next few weeks and months as camp gets closer…

We have also started our Spilman Dining Hall expansion! You’re gonna love having more room to eat, and a new covered porch off the front of Spilman. This massive piece of equipment took out these 3 trees in about 20 seconds. He gripped them with it’s claw and snapped the tree in two….then he pulled the entire thing straight up out of the ground. This was a sight that any one of us would have been impressed with. I’m thinking about adding a Back Hoe Skill for next summer! What do you think?:) Now that’s my kind of Volvo!

Check back soon for more pictures!

We’ve finished step one of the construction project!  The land has been cleared for the five new cabins.  Now all we have to do is build them!  Ron, Phil, and I have ordered the materials, taken construction classes, and have gotten our hard hats.  We’re ready to build!

Well, I’m glad that’s a joke or else no one would want to sleep in those cabins.  We are in the process of finalizing contracts and getting those signed.  Once finished, the footers will go up!  It won’t be long till we will hear pounding, sawing, and all those construction sounds.  Check out the pictures to see the latest view.  To see a larger image, click on the picture.

This space, along with the hut, will be used for a Staff cabin

This will be a Chickasaw cabin

The space where the hut is will be a new cabin.

The orange flags mark the start of the new cabin, built in place of the hut.

This space, right below the hut, will be a new cabin

This space, right above Boulder Junction and

across from Choctaw 2, will be a new cabin

This space along with the hut will be a new Cherokee cabin

As you can see, we are making great progress which is very exciting!  Continue to check back to get more updates.

Well, after several months of praying, planning, meeting with contractors, more praying, more planning, and more meetings with contractors, we’ve finally taken it to the next step!  As of Wednesday, September 24th, we officially began clearing the land for the new cabins.  It is all very exciting but also a little scary at the same time.  There’s no turning back now!  The leaders of Ridgecrest Summer Camps truly believe this is the direction God is leading us in.  We will now have the opportunity and privilege of impacting 400 extra campers between both camps each summer!  What an honor!  My goal is to give you weekly updates about the construction that may include pictures and short video clips.  So please check back regularly!

Looking down the hill at Chickasaw 3.

If you have the time, please visit our “Give” page to see how you and your family can get involved with the project.