Each fall and spring, the Retreat holds Mother/Son and Father/Daughter retreats to give families a chance to bond in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, while also getting a taste of summer camp at Balcones Springs.
Guests arrived Friday night and immediately began the fun with a fishing contest! Next, a craft beer tasting and cocktail hour for the dads preceded a wonderful dinner, followed by a bonfire with s'mores and a viewing of one of the greatest camp movies of all time -- The Parent Trap!
The next morning, daughters enjoyed cartoons and cereal while our visiting dads had their comparable "newspapers and coffee" (though perhaps some of those cartoons as well). After breakfast, the day looked a lot like summer camp. Dads and daughters climbed the rock wall, took a ride on the screamer (a bungee swing at the rock wall), and played classic camp games like 3Ball and Nuke 'Em before building their own pizza rolls for lunch!
After lunch, our trampoline bungee, zipline, and archery ranges were all open for our guests to enjoy. We also had craft-making and cupcake-decorating, horseback riding in our arena, and face-painting for the daughters while the dads were again able to enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail.
After dinner was the weekend's highlight--the Glow with the Flow dance! Dads and daughters danced the night away at one of our most famous camp dances, complete with light-lasers, disco balls, and of course, lots of glow sticks!
Finally, to close the weekend, after breakfast the next morning, dads and daughters harvested organic vegetables in our camp garden to put into take-home lasagna kits for mom.
Some comments from our guests include:
"Love the parties, great activities, Awesome rooms."Thanks so much for your kind words! We can't wait to see you next year and hopefully this summer at camp!
"Great Time as Always - Staff was wonderful & really enjoyed it & girls has a great time!"
"Everything was great. Staff was great, very helpful and nice. We will be coming back."
"Thanks Olivia for giving me the courage to go on the zipline! I want to come again next year!"
"Best Year so far!!"
If these activities sound like fun to you, be sure to head over to Camp Balcones Springs and sign up to come play with us this summer!