The Roughing It Blog

Campers and Friends, we have some exciting events coming up this week happening in your neighborhood! From Trick or Treat Street to Lafayette’s annual Reservoir Run everyone who attends is sure to have a great time! Hope to see you there!

The Grand National Rodeo is happening in San Franciscothis weekend (17th-18th) and the following weekend (24th – 25th).  This is one of the most highly anticipated equestrian events in the west.  Every year, thousands of spectators from seven different states come to watch many exciting events. Drill teams complete synchronized

Join us for our 43rd summer of Roughing It Day Camp. Today is the last day to save on the best deal of the season! Register through the 15th and save up to $700 off our 4 & 8 Week Day Camp program. Thanks to all our families that have

We hope everyone is enjoying the great weather and their time off from school this Columbus Day!

Neigh! (That’s horse talk for Hi everyone!) This is your friend Aladdin! I, Frosty, Bucky and all the other Roughing It horses miss you all and hope you’re having a great time in school! We are having a lot of fun trotting around Yosemite and rolling around on the ground.

This fall Allison (G2 Counselor) and Lizzy (Little Raccoons Counselor) have been traveling in Europe! Read more to see what exciting adventures they have been up to!

Save up to $700 when you register by October 15th. Take advantage of special savings for our camp families and friends by signing up early for our 4 & 8 week day camp. Join us for our 43rd summer and make camp memories that last a lifetime!

t’s such a treat to have the opportunity to watch our campers grow up through Roughing It summer after summer. Here are some snapshots of Roughing It’s past campers(circa Summer 2009 & Summer 2014) who continue to attend Roughing It each summer. Who can name some of these famous returning

Wishing all our families a Happy First Day of Fall! We visited the Reservoir on the final day of summer and the colors are already changing!

Every summer we have a handful of wonderful campers who come to Roughing It Day Camp from all over the world. Here is a list of all our campers and stay tuned for photos of our campers abroad. Thank you to all our campers who visit us summer after summer

Hi Campers, it’s your friend Gus! I am missing all of you and thinking about how much we all learned and grew this summer.  Here are some life lessons I saw everyone learn at camp:

We hope you are enjoying the start of school! We would love to hear about your camp experience with us this past summer. Please share your thoughts in our Parent & Camper Surveys below. It should only take about 5 minutes of your time!

Come collect your camper’s lost and found from the summer! Our offices our open Monday through Friday and we’d love for you to drop by and claim anything that may belong to your camper.

Hi Campers and Families!

Here are newsletters from the 4th Session of Outdoor Explorers:

We had so much fun at the Session 1 Overnight! The campers were all smiles while cooking their own food, making smores, singing camp songs, presenting skits, and sleeping out under the stars! These past weeks have been wonderful and we are excited to wrap up the session with a

Outdoor Explorer Week 3 News:

Hey campers and famililes! Happy 4th of July everyone! We had a lot of fun at our family picnic and horse day camp horse show! It was so nice to meet our camper’s families! 

Hey Outdoor Explorer Parents! Our group has creatively named ourselves S.Y.P.P.C.P.R.B.’s! Your child might tell you what that stands for if you ask, it’s a mouthful! We have had so much this week together! We’ve been spending our time getting to know each other by decorating our flag, playing games,

Everyone had a great first week of camp! The waterfront program was a huge hit as always and the horseback riding portion brought tons of smiling faces to the campers! The activities at the reservoir brought a sense of relaxation while making crafts, listening to stories, and learning about the

Our campers are loving the Waterfront program! They get the chance to go fishing, rowing, canoeing, and kayaking!

Hey Outdoor Explorer Parents!

Keep your eyes out for all the gold shirts on the reservoir! The campers are back and we excited to have them!