Mother-Daughter Weekends

MOTHER-DAUGHTER WEEKENDS

These are special weekend getaways for you and your camp-age daughter to spend time together, away from distractions, in the great outdoors.

We’ve designed the retreats to include loads of fun activities, spend time together outdoors, and to give your daughter a taste of summer camp!

Enjoy quality time in the great outdoors!

**Get on a waitlist for a 2019 Mother-Daughter Weekend by creating an account through our website!

MOTHER-DAUGHTER RETREATS

Apr 5-7, 2019 | Apr 12-14, 2019
Sep 13-15, 2019 | Sep 20-22, 2019

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY
6pm – Check-in begins (in The Forty Niner)
7:15pm – Group games and mother-daughter photos
8pm – Evening program: Mother-Daughter Slumber Party, Movie Under the Stars at our outdoor theater, or other whole-group activity

SATURDAY
8am – Breakfast
9am – 1st Class
10am – 2nd Class
11am – 3rd Class
12:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Free Time (Canteen Store shopping, games in The Forty Niner, projects in the Craft Room, kayaking in the river, swimming in the pool, practice for the Talent Show)
6pm – Dinner in The Grubstake
6:45pm – Talent Show (in the Forty Niner)
8pm – S’mores and songs at River Campfire

SUNDAY
8am – Breakfast, pack up and goodbyes

LODGING

Rocky River Ranch is a rustic summer camp with dormitory-style bunkhouses with bunk beds. Cabins are heated and air-conditioned, with their own shower and toilet facilities. Plan to bring your own bedding (sheets, blankets and pillows), as well as your own toiletries and towels (for swimming/showers).

COST

$275 Mother-daughter pair (one adult, one child 5-14)
$75 Additional daughter(s)
$150 Additional adult(s) (aunts, grandmothers, etc)

Mother-Daughter Weekends are designed for daughters between the ages of 5-14. Your cost includes two nights of lodging and 4 delicious meals.

Summer Camp Programs

The perfect summer is waiting for your daughter aged 5 to 14 at Rocky River— filled to the brim with new friendships, challenging activities and, most importantly, lots of fun! Check out our day camp and resident camp options.

Weekend Programs

In the hot summer months, we’re an all-girls camp, but the rest of the year, we offer year ‘round fun at our Great Escapes for women and Mother-Daughter weekends!

Event Rental

Rocky River Ranch is the perfect solution for your special event! We host family reunions, church retreats, teacher work days, company picnics, Girl Scout groups, and more with lodging for up to 150 guests.

This was my very first camp I ever went to and let me tell you it was the best! I only wish I had found out about it earlier so I could have spent more than just one year there. Y'all are an amazing camp and I hope you keep running for another 50 years.

‒ Claire Tilton Years at camp: 2002

I think camp was very beneficial for my daughter last year. She came home with new experiences that she will never forget. It's something that she is able to share with her friends and schoolmates too. It made a huge impact on her and I hope by going again this year that she continues to grow and mature as a thoughtful young lady.

‒ Robin Juarez

We still can't believe it has been 50 years since my mother, Mama Knolk, started RRR. We are so proud that it is still the same as she built it and still has the same spirit upon which it was founded. Our children and grandchildren have had the wonderful opportunity to attend camp and we all can still sing some of the songs when we get together. May the spirit of Mama Knolk stay with all that have attended RRR.

‒ Polly Knolk Denham

I will forever remember Rocky River Ranch as the greatest place on earth! To this day I still remember the nine summers that I spent at Rocky River Ranch. I hope to have my children experience camp as I did so many years ago.

‒ Tasha Ancira Roberts Years at camp: 1977-1985

Rocky River was a HUGE part of my childhood and I cherish all of the wonderful memories I have. Sandy, Skeet, Jim, Rue, Arthur — y'all were the best extended family a kid could ever ask for. My favorite cabin, Bar K, holds fond memories as well. The stories I have would take days to repeat and the friendships I made were oh so REAL!

‒ Kathy Hotz Thompson Years at camp: 1975-1987

I am still amazed and in awe of the subtle and mysterious way that simple activities and experiences weave together to leave an indelible impression of love ... confidence ... appreciation. They seem so simple there in the moment ... the singing of camp songs, Friendship Circle at the end of an evening program, the Cowpoke/Wrangler drawing, saddling a horse for the first time, scooting down the rapids ... but each song, with each tug on the halter rope, with each stroke of the canoe oar, with each ring of "Goodnight, campers!" a new brush of color is being painted on her childhood experience. From those "colors" spring forth amazing women as evidenced by the many remarkable people that now call themselves Rocky River alumni.

‒ Alyson Stringer Steakley Years at camp: 1982-1989, 1993

Weekends