What is a Journey?

In order to give our campers more personal choices, journeys at Pictured Rocks are afternoon options in which campers have the opportunity to select from a list of activities the activity they would like to do. It allows the camper to do something outside of his or her small group, maybe to improve a skill they experienced while with their group like more archery time or maybe just to do something they really enjoy like playing basketball or volleyball. Whatever the case, Journey Time provides campers the independence to personally select something they want to do at camp.

Journey options are progressive with age for safety and all journeys are not necessarily available every day. Factors include the weather, staff supervision, number of campers on site, and space availability at the time of the journey option.

Help us come up with more journeys! If you have an idea of a cool journey for a summer camper option please drop us an email with your idea.

 

Water Journeys

  • Indoor Swimming at Camp Courageous
  • Outdoor slip-n-slide.
  • Water Olympics: (Includes sponge tag & other getting wet games.)
  • Canoeing at Central Park Lake with outdoor lake swimming. (All lake swimming participants wear a life jacket in the guarded, swimming area.)

Adventure Programming Journeys

  • Bouldering (Rock Climbing sideways): both in the Bouldering Shed and on the Bluffs
  • Extended Team Building
  • Climbing Tower
  • Egg Drop
  • Caving

Sports Journeys

  • Basketball and Knockout
  • 4-Square
  • Sand Volleyball
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Kickball
  • Broom Hockey
  • Soccer

Other Journeys

  • Frisbee Golf
  • Nerf Archery Golf
  • Mountain Boarding
  • Water Pressure Rockets
  • Hiking / Nature Walks
  • Extended Crafts
  • Camp Fire Building
  • Playground Time
  • Drama / Skit Production
  • Bird Watching at the Feeders
  • Faith Journey Trail
  • Archery (Recurve and Compound)
  • Frog searching at the Spring and in the creek bed
  • Faith Chats (extended Bible study or camper/counselor time)
  • Games: Washers, Ladder Golf, Bean Bag Toss, Horse Shoes
  • Service Projects: Habitat building for camp etc.
  • Photography (Camp pictures for the camper picture CD)
  • Guitar Lessons (Musical Worship Workshops.)
 
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