Prepare

Things to Know

• Packing List
  • Warm sleeping bag and pillow
  • Warm-weather and cool-weather clothes
  • Jeans for riding
  • Heavy sweatshirt or fleece jacket
  • 1 winter hat
  • Modest swimsuit (one-piece swimsuit for girls)
  • Shower/beach towel
  • Toiletry kit—toothbrush, toothpaste, comb/brush, extra contacts
  • 1 pack of handi wipes

  • Sunscreen
  • Walking shoes and/or tennis shoes for vaulting
  • Riding boots (cover ankles, smooth sole, 1” heel)
  • Sandals for pond (flip flops ok)
  • 1 small flashlight or headlamp
  • Bible w/pen or pencil
  • 2 water bottles (recommended 32oz/1qt unbreakable plastic)
  • 1 small, compressible day pack
  • 1 rain jacket or emergency poncho

  
  

  Items NOT to Bring:

  • Cell Phones or ANY electronics
  • Expensive cameras
  • Alcohol, drugs
  • Firearms, knives, weapons of any kind
  • Jewelry or other valuables

  Optional Items:

  • Hammock
  • Foam or air ground pad
  • Lip balm
  • Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • 1–2 bandanas
  • Waterproof disposable camera
  • Change of clothes for the trip home

  *Please mark all items, including luggage, with camper's first and last name

• Arrival
  • Camp starts Sunday of your selected week with check-in beginning at 4:00 PM
  • Put this address in your GPS: 2700 S Kidder Creek Rd, Etna, CA 96027
• Departure
  • Ranch camp closing will consist of a closing BBQ and ceremony at 5 PM.
  • Families are invited to join us for the BBQ. You can add your BBQ meal in registration.
  • The BBQ $8 per person, sign ups and payment can be done in your child's account.

Arrival & Departure

• Bus Transportation

  Transportation from the Bay Area to Kidder Creek is provided by a coach bus chartered through Emerald Charters in Medford, OR for most weeks for only $80–$125 each way. Be sure to sign up for both ways if you desire round trip. If further information is needed call the Kidder Creek registrar at 530.467.3265.

  For day-of-transportation questions or issues please contact the on-bus staff member at 530.598.8867.

  The coach bus has reclining seats, TV's w/ DVD player, on-board restroom and air conditioning throughout.

  
• Bus pick up and drop off schedule

  To Kidder Creek SUNDAY MORNING

  Times are approximate after departure

  7:00 AM Mount Hermon Fieldhouse
  17 Conference Drive, Felton, CA 95018

  8:15 AM Milpitas Burger King
  1475 Dempsey Road, Milpitas, CA 95035

  9:15 AM Buena Vista School
  Front Parking spaces
   2355 San Juan Ave, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
  

  10:25 AM Vacaville Wendy’s
  1377 E. Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville, CA

  1:30 PM Anderson Burger King
  2535 N St., Anderson, CA
  LUNCH STOP

  4:00 PM Arrive at Kidder Creek
  2700 S Kidder Creek Rd. Etna CA 96027​

  From Kidder Creek SATURDAY MORNING

  Times are approximate after departure

  7:00 AM Kidder Creek Camp
  2700 S Kidder Creek Rd. Etna CA 96027​

  9:45 AM Anderson Burger King
  2535 N St., Anderson, CA 96007

  12:30 PM Vacaville Wendy’s
  1377 E. Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville, CA

  1:45 PM Buena Vista School
  Front Parking spaces
   2355 San Juan Ave, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
  LUNCH STOP

  2:45 PM Milpitas Burger King
  1475 Dempsey Road, Milpitas, CA 95035

  4:00 PM Mount Hermon Fieldhouse Parking Lot
  17 Conference Drive, Felton, CA 95018