Experience

Camper Testimonials

It’s my home away from home and I can be free to be myself.”

I love all the activities because I can go on a horse and a zipline in the same day.”

“The bonds I’ve made at camp have left such a mark on me, and I’ve felt comfortable to do and share things I never had before. For example, I really dislike backpacking, but had the time of my life on the backpacking trip with my friends.”

“I really liked not having my phone and being present in the moment.”

“My favorite activity is probably the lagoon or ceramics or creek walk because there’s really no other place that you can do that, especially living in a city.”

“Mountain Meadow Ranch is a community. Even though there are a lot of people, it feels like a small family, you know basically everybody, everybody’s so friendly.”

“I was a little bit nervous when I first came, since it’s my first year, but everybody was really warm and welcoming.”

“I love MMR because everyone is so chill and nice, at school sometimes you can feel judged, but here you can just be yourself.”

“Everyone here is so welcoming and you never struggle to make friends and all the counselors are so sweet.”

I’ve learned from MMR that I can carry being my unique, authentic self from just being in camp, in this bubble where I know no one will judge me, to the real world.”

“I’ve learned to not hold back from being my full self, and really connect to nature. It’s okay to take a break from reality and go back into kid life.”

“I love the activities, I love not sticking to a schedule each day, you get to choose what you want to do.”

“I love low ropes because the teamwork of all trying to work together to complete the same task, just you with your friends trying to get over this really hard problem.”