I am a former scout and staff member of Camp RCM. I attended from 1991-1994 and worked on staff in various positions from 1994-2000. I took merit badge classes in every area. I worked in the First Year Camper (Eaglebound) area, Aquatics area, and was the director of the Scoutcraft area for a year.
My account of RCM is extremely biased and may be out of date, but take my info as genuine. RCM is and AWESOME place to camp. There is so much to do. The activities are great. The Aquatics area is excellent. The High Adventure Sailing trip is an awesome experience. You will sail around 3/4 of Kentucky Lake which is the largest lake (by area) east of the Mississippi. In my time, the staffers were all good people with a mindset for fun.
I try to make it there for visits every once in a while but life is busy. When I retire, my wish is to volunteer there every summer.
If you do attend this summer, I hope you are satisfied. Also, if the aquatics shed still exists or the old shed door is still around, the nicknames of all the lifeguards since 1988 (?) are written on it. I am on there somewhere as Puffdaddy.
One more thing, if you do visit RCM, please offer your reverence to the monument to Gene Boaz near the mess hall. He was an extraordinary man who pioneered the High Adventure sailing program at RCM. He lived the latter part of this life for that camp and made it better each day.
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Hello,
I am a former scout and staff member of Camp RCM. I attended from 1991-1994 and worked on staff in various positions from 1994-2000. I took merit badge classes in every area. I worked in the First Year Camper (Eaglebound) area, Aquatics area, and was the director of the Scoutcraft area for a year.
My account of RCM is extremely biased and may be out of date, but take my info as genuine. RCM is and AWESOME place to camp. There is so much to do. The activities are great. The Aquatics area is excellent. The High Adventure Sailing trip is an awesome experience. You will sail around 3/4 of Kentucky Lake which is the largest lake (by area) east of the Mississippi. In my time, the staffers were all good people with a mindset for fun.
I try to make it there for visits every once in a while but life is busy. When I retire, my wish is to volunteer there every summer.
If you do attend this summer, I hope you are satisfied. Also, if the aquatics shed still exists or the old shed door is still around, the nicknames of all the lifeguards since 1988 (?) are written on it. I am on there somewhere as Puffdaddy.
One more thing, if you do visit RCM, please offer your reverence to the monument to Gene Boaz near the mess hall. He was an extraordinary man who pioneered the High Adventure sailing program at RCM. He lived the latter part of this life for that camp and made it better each day.
Best of luck to you.