PACKING LIST AND THEME DAYS

This is a suggested checklist for a one-week camper.


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We suggest packing in a trunk, small stacking plastic drawers, a suitcase, or duffel bag. Campers place their luggage under or at the foot of their bunk.

2025 Packing List

REQUIRED

OPTIONAL/HIGHLY SUGGESTED

 

Theme Days for 2025

 These are optional, fun dress up days throughout the session. We encourage everyone to be creative and silly with your outfits, but please don't feel the need to buy lots of items. Hopefully you already have some fun things around the house she can use. We want these days to be fun and not stressful!

Sessions 1,4 & 6

Maritime Monday: Ahoy, Matey! Dress as a pirate, sea creature (such as a whale or dolphin), a ship captain or anything else sea-related! If not, you might have to walk the plank!

Totally 2000's Tuesday: Travel back to the early 2000's and show us your best throwback outfit! Neon/bright colors, hair barrettes, cargo shorts, denim, Backstreet Boys or NSYNC, the more the better!

Team Spirit Thursday: Deck out in your red & white OR your black & gold. Show all your Cowpoke or Wrangler pride from head to toe!! Note that new campers will get their team on the first night of camp so you can order from the camp store and mark as UNKNOWN. Staff will fill the order with the correct team gear.

Sessions 2 & 5

​​Maritime Monday: Ahoy, Matey! Dress as a pirate, sea creature (such as a whale or dolphin), a ship captain or anything else sea-related! If not, you might have to walk the plank!

Way Back Wednesday: We’re going wayyy back to when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth! Dress as a dinosaur, a Caveman, or anything else Prehistoric!

Favorite team Friday: Deck out in your red & white OR your black & gold. Show all your Cowpoke or Wrangler pride from head to toe!!

Time of the year Tuesday: Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter? Which time of the year is your favorite? You can be a field of flowers, a sun, a tree changing colors, a snowman, and so much more. The sky is the limit!

Triple R Thursday - How much Rocky River swag can you wear all at once? Hats, hair ties, socks, shorts, shirts, and any other camp merch you have. Dress head to toe in all your camp faves!

Session 3

Maritime Monday: Ahoy, Matey! Dress as a pirate, sea creature (such as a whale or dolphin), a ship captain or anything else sea-related! If not, you might have to walk the plank!

Totally 2000's Tuesday: Travel back to the early 2000's and show us your best throwback outfit! Neon/bright colors, hair barrettes, cargo shorts, denim, Backstreet Boys or NSYNC, the more the better!

Favorite Team Friday: Deck out in your red & white OR your black & gold. Show all your Cowpoke or Wrangler pride from head to toe!!

The place I love Monday - Is your favorite on earth France? Maybe it's Texas? Or a National Park? Could it be RRR? Show off the place you love by dressing like a landmark or location, wearing their colors, or any other way you can think of to show your love toward your favorite place!

Rocky River Ranch | Summer Camp Programs

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.

Rocky River Ranch | Weekend Programs

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!

Rocky River Ranch | Event Rentals

Event Rentals

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 135 guests.

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Oh how I wish I could still be a young girl and go to RRR every summer! I truly miss those wonderful weeks of absolute fun and excitement. This camp holds a very special place in my heart and will always throughout my life. I cannot wait until the day that my newborn little girl will be able to drive through the gate and live the summer days that not only her mother lived, but her grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother enjoyed. I cannot wait until the day that I can tell her all about her special great-great-grandmother (we called her GG, but most knew her as Mama Knolk) that opened beautiful Rocky River Ranch and created a place for many girls to create memories from. I am truly happy to see Mama Knolk's spirit still living on. May it continue to live on the dream that she always wanted.

‒  Allison Turley Torres Years at camp: 1986-1994

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

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

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

My summers at RRR were the most special times of my childhood. I have so many great memories that I'll never forget. Thanks to Rocky River, I found my true calling in life … teaching children! And, I fell in love with Wimberley so much, that I live here now!

‒  Mollie Cessac Booth Years at camp: 1979-1991, 1999-2000