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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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

I would definitely not be the person I am today without the experience of camp. I remember being 7 years old and so excited about my first camp experience. I don't think I slept the entire night before leaving. When I arrived at camp it was the most wonderful place I had ever seen. Rue was my first counselor and she took the time to show me around and introduced me to the other girls. I was scared at first, but it did not last long. By the end of the first night camp already felt like a second home. By the end of my first two weeks I did not want to leave. Rocky River was a part of my life forever. In the end what I took away from camp was friendship, love, respect and confidence.

‒  Debbie Merian Polasek Years at camp: 1977-1987

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

The experiences at camp gave me a confidence and feeling of accomplishment. First, just being able to take care of myself away from home (with the counselors help, or course) allowed me my first feelings of independence. Being able to try different activities in a non-threatening environment — things I probably never would have tried at home — was a great way of discovering who I was. Then, later on having the responsibility of caring for children by being a big sis to a younger camper and then CIT, gave me a life-long heart for children. Enough so I became a registered nurse working in the pediatric intensive care. I don't believe I would be the person I am today without those many experiences at camp.

‒  Stephanie Shupp Wilson Years at camp: 1978-1983

Attending RRR is a tradition in my family — aunts, cousins, sisters, and best friends all have great memories that we still talk about today. I am waiting for the summer that my daughter is old enough to attend and experience the same wonderful times that I had. My memories of summers at RRR are so special to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Skeet and Sandy, and all of the staff from every session, for the ten years of summertime bliss!

‒  Melissa Ross Crispin Years at camp: 1984-1994

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