Snow Day

We had so much snow this week! Ryleigh and Sutter had a snow day on Tuesday. We had about 18 inches of snowfall here at camp and FEET at our house in Truckee. It is nice to finally see winter. We were all starting to worry about the fire season. Lornie is not so excited about winter. She wishes it was spring. She misses riding when we have this much snow. In fact, she and Sutter spent part of last weekend with Kalli in Elk Grove riding horses and enjoying NO SNOW. I thought you'd all appreciate this photo of Craig and Roscoe. Roscoe loves playing in the snow, but gets so FULL of snow balls, he has to have a bath just to be able to walk.
Have a great Wednesday!
Becky

Looks Like Winter...Finally

What did the groundhog say a couple weeks ago? Well old man winter must have heard him and got upset. Nothing like the day after the storm passes. I'm not sure why I'm running around taking pictures of camp when I should be out on the slopes enjoying the first blue bird powder day of the ski season. I guess I can't have everything. We are all excited to finally have some snow on the ground. Even our cat Chuckie was out playing in it this morning. Of course a layer of snow on the ground always reminds me of all the things that are so easy to put off while the weather is nice. Maybe I should just go ride my motorcycle.
Looking toward summer program ideas. I (this is Craig by the way)have sketched a couple of ideas for new elements on the ropes course- see if I can maybe get one built for this summer. I'm also on the lookout for trap/skeet shooting program outline that would be appropriate for us to use this year- I've set up a thrower down by the shop and would love to try it as a camp activity.
Hope you've all been enjoying the holiday week or long weekends whichever you had!

Craig

PS- the photo is looking up toward the pond from the bottom of the meadow.

Winter Riding!

Sutter and Ryleigh are out of school this week, so in addition to relaxing, reading, watching movies and really silly TV shows, Ryleigh also found some time to take a riding lesson. Here she is with Tulip. Lornie has also spend the early part of this week riding as much as she could between potential staff interviews. We are expecting terrible weather for the next several days, and since we'll be stuck indoors, we definitely tried to get our outdoor time in early :)!
Happy Wednesday.
Becky

Veteran's Day

This is a very late post, but we struggled with photos and text on our main site!
We took this on Veteran's Day, and wanted to take a moment to thank the men and women who have made such incredible sacrifices. Regardless of our political and social viewpoint, our soldiers are in our thoughts and prayers, today and every day!

Becky

Our crazy lives

It has been a hectic winter at Coppercreek Camp. Ryleigh is in Kindergarten, Sutter is in high school, and Lornie, Craig and I are just trying to keep up. I am spending several days each week at Northstar as the Ticket and Pass Manager and Lornie starts coaching Junior High Volleyball next week. PHEW!!! We thought we were busy in the summer. This winter, it's taking Google calendars to keep track of all of our schedules. If you are in the Tahoe area, please stop by the pass office at Northstar and say hello. If you are attending any volleyball tournaments for your junior high kid, look out for Lornie and her Greenville team! Sutter is playing Club Volleyball and planning for a trip to Mongolia this May. Her Dad is going there for research and Sutter gets to go along! It is definitely a huge opportunity for her. Ryleigh's loving school. She gets to go to the first grade class for reading and is starting to read everything she can, including road signs and just last week, she picked up Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman!
We need camp to start so we can justify Rest Hour every day!

Becky

Craig's Biodiesel Project

Coppercreek has begun making and using alternative fuel. After collecting used vegetable oil from many of our local restaurants last summer, Craig spent the early part of this winter getting all of the pieces together to process biodiesel. He made his very first batch last week, and IT WORKED!! The first place he used it was our riding lawn mower. The mower ran and DIDN'T blow up. He then tried it in his pick up truck. It smells a little like french fries, but other than that, runs as well as it ever has. Craig is planning to collect more oil and make more bio-diesel through the spring and summer and hopefully, we will be able to significantly reduce our diesel consumption and do a little to help the environment at the same time.
If you want to know more about bio-diesel, Craig has lots of websites he would love to share :)!

Happy Tuesday.
Becky

Radio Advertising

Hi All,
We have officially entered the world of radio advertising. We worked last week with a wonderful guy, Steve, from Y92.5 in Sacramento and in 2 short days had an ad up and running. Everybody needs to spend some time listening and let us know what you think.

Becky

Coppercreek's Blog

Hi All,
Welcome to Coppercreek's Blog! We are so excited to get this started. We will be updating this spot regularly with news from camp. Please feel free to leave comments. We'd love to hear from you!

Becky (Lornie, Craig, Ryleigh & Sutter, too)