Overnight summer camps in California can take advantage of the over the top weather with which the state is gifted. Unlike some parts of the country that really have to make up those rainy day schedules, California summer camps seem to be able to offer the optimum number of sunshine filled hours with mild temperatures thrown in for good measure. Kids find out quickly though that good weather is only a tip of the iceberg of fun they will experience at overnight summer camps in California.
Gold Arrow Camp, Sierra National Forest, California . Celebrating its 75 th year in operation in 2008, Gold Arrow Camp continues to stick to the script and offers a traditional overnight summer camp experience for boys and girls from ages 6-14 on Lake Huntington in California’s Sierra National Forest. This has to be a nearly overpowering experience the first time around for any young person who all of a sudden finds themselves in the midst of so much natural beauty. Getting up every day in these surroundings only gets you in the mood for hours filled with all kinds of fun and exciting activities.
Gold Arrow Camp allows campers a chance to experience 20 different lake side and traditional camp activities. Kids can learn canoeing, kayaking and sailing as well as dry land activities like archery or ceramics. They will even find time and opportunity to be a bit more adventurous and attempt backpacking, horseback riding and a ropes course. Perhaps the best thing about Gold Arrow Camp is the chance to get away from the familiar computer or television and leave the daily routines behind. Enjoying a campfire, the magnificent surroundings and the company of few friends can really help kids to put their school year stress aside and simply have a great time. The only real mission claimed by Gold Arrow Camp is tor provide for the social and physical help of kids who come here.
Tahoe Extreme Summer Camp, Lake Tahoe, California. Gold Arrow Camp’s traditional approach to summer camp is just the right blend of rustic living and outdoor activities that will attract lots of kids. But there are others who are looking for a camp that challenges them and takes them beyond the typical summer camp schedule. They want something a little more demanding, exciting, thrilling in their summer camp and they might just find it at Tahoe Extreme Summer Camp at Lake Tahoe, California
Tahoe Extreme Summer Camp is really in business to be different. Even part of their promotion is extreme: ” If you want to do arts and crafts go to another camp”. Tahoe is serious about being different and takes pride in offering the kinds of activities one is not apt to find in many other locations. Tahoe Extreme Summer Camp takes campers 8-18 for week long stays and puts them into dorm like settings in beautiful Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California. There are a few rather traditional activities like golf, swimming and tennis but they serve as a background to how intense some of the other activities really are. At this camp you can try out hot air ballooning, parasailing, white water rafting and even paint ball. The list of challenging activities is really considerable and equipment is supplied by the camp. All campers need to do is come equipped with the desire to try new and exciting things and they really can make this into a summer they will long remember.
If your child is looking for a summer camp but has had enough of the traditional camp fire centered experience, this is a camp worth considering as a unique summer alternative.
IDFilm Academy, SanFrancisco, California. Not every state in the nation can claim a film academy summer camp, but thanks to ID Film Academy in San Francisco, California can. There are, after all summer camp experiences for almost every sport under the sun.There are camps for music, creative writing and even academics. So in California it just doesn’t seem strange to have a camp centered around film making.
This is not a camp for tots of course. Teens come here to learn the the techniques of film making from professionals with real experience in the film making industry. Camps run for two full weeks and during that time teens are learning the process of film making from beginning treatment to post production. Campers at IDFilm Academy get to use top of the line film making equipment and work against the beautiful backdrop of San Francisco, California. Marketing, editing. sound design are all topics covered during this intensive two week program. At this camp there are no night time camp fires or roasting marshmallows. Evenings are often given over to screening films and talking film theory.
For a young person who is resolute in his or her interest in pursuing a career somewhere in the chain of film making professionals, a two week summer camp experience at IDFilm Academy can be a great encouragement and a wonderful, hands on learning experience. There is no required level of accomplishment necessary for entry to this program. All that is really required is a real attachment to the world of film making and a desire to learn more.
The cost for this rather incredible opportunity is $2999 for a two week session. The price of course includes board, room and activities. Programs are opened for young people ages 13-17.
There will be lots going on at California camps this summer and the choices are considerable.
