It is great to have the opportunity to do activities outside and let my daughter "just be a kid." There aren't screens, there aren't distractions and they can run around doing a lot of fun activities and have some independence. My daughter now loves fishing, which she never would have known without Adventure Guides.
The ymca program is great my daughter was scared at first but since the first day she started she loved it !! Even gets mad at me if i pick her up too early !
It is a great way to connect kids with their fathers and the community. Also, AG stafff is super helpful and friendly! Specially Isabella Hess. Now, the staff at the actual camp sites varies from super friendly to not friendly at all!!! Horses staff is on the great side!
Pretty great experience. We had a leaking ac drain in the cabin and a couple toilets didn’t work well. Other than that it was fantastic! Definitely coming again!
YMCA Adventure Guides is such a wonderful experience with your kids and fellow parents. I understand there may be logistical limitations preventing this as your camp transitions week to week from visitors - however if Friday check-in could be 12p instead of 4p - this might allow for campers to have the opportunity to work in all activities. Saturday comes at you so fast; it can be hard to squeeze in everything (horse riding, archery, shooting, canoeing, fishing, oh my?!)
Beyond that - love what they make accessible and available. This is our 3rd campout experience and will be back for the remaining 2 (before he ages out :-(...). Although I do have a disappointed 8yr old this time around because dad managed to leave without getting his Spring 2026 camping badge for his new vest.
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Friendly and helpful staff. It does seem like more effort early on needs to be made to gather ALL of the awards ceremony awards from each school. Someone came by our camp on day of however NONE of our girls were given and award and what seemed like EVERY Lamplighter boy did.
Sky Ranch was excellent! All activities are close together, so it made it easy on Saturday to bounce around from activity to activity. The Sky Ranch counselors were all very attentive and friendly. They made my Kindergartener feel safe and confident on each activity. The lake was stocked with plenty of fish, which also made it fun for everyone.