RDC News Archive
Cottage Availability
Posted on: Monday August 2, 2010 By: John
We have a limited number of cottage openings should you know someone who might be interested.
Full Moon over Squam
Posted on: Sunday June 27, 2010 By: Eric
The full moon was bright orange as it rose over Squam Lake last night. Enjoy the beauty of summer on Squam!
2010 Opening Day at RDC
Posted on: Tuesday June 1, 2010 By: John
June has arrived. Rockywold is open and ready for the start of the Squam Art Workshops Fiber Arts Conference. Tomorrow about 150 participants will arrive to mid-summer like weather conditions and already comfortable swimming temperatures in Squam. For the most part, Spring bug season has even come and gone a week or two ahead of schedule! If you haven't already booked your stay, this is a great time to take advantage of our early season 20% discount period. I hope you will have the opportunity to join us this summer! Sincerely, John J: )
And the winner is....
Posted on: Tuesday May 4, 2010 By: John
Voting for the RDC Earth Day Essay Contest concluded at noon today. The winners of our contest are: In 3rd place, with 8,757 votes, was Deborah de Peyster. 2nd place went to Kate Flaim with 13,837 votes. And, the "1st place winner" of our Earth Day Essay Contest goes to Jennifer Cox with 17,901 votes. Again, congratulations to all that participated in our contest. We hope to see you all at RDC in the very near future!
Earth Day Essay Contest Update
Posted on: Wednesday April 28, 2010 By: Becky
The five RDC Earth Day Essay finalists have been selected. Links to the top 5 essays are on the RDC blog. Just click on our blog link on the left side of this page. Let the voting begin!!! A sincere thank you to everyone that took the time to submit an entry. We enjoyed reading all of them and had a very hard time deciding on the top five. Now we hope you will take the time to vote for you favorite essay!
RDC Earth Day Essay Contest
Posted on: Thursday April 22, 2010 By: John
Happy Earth Day! The Rockywold-Deephaven Camps "Earth Day Essay Contest" began today at noon. Good luck and don't forget to tell your blogging friends about it!
Earth Day Essay Contest
Posted on: Tuesday April 20, 2010 By: Kathy
Win a week vacation at RDC for you and four friends! Check out our Earth Day Essay Contest
New Guest Incentive Program
Posted on: Thursday April 8, 2010 By: Becky
Check out our New Guest Incentive Program
ICE OUT!!!
Posted on: Thursday March 25, 2010 By: John
The Ice is Out on the Squam Lakes. On Tuesday, March 23rd the Squam Lakes were navigable from the covered bridge in Ashland to the Sandwich Town Beach. According to local unofficial records, that is the earliest ice out on record. Ice out on Lake Winnipesaukee was one day later, also a record. The Big Lake has better data for this annual event. The previous ice out record for Lake Winnipesakee was March 28, 1921. Since the ice is out so early this year, we might be able to expect warmer lake water temperatures in June...the time of year to take advantage of our 20% discount ; )
First Day of Spring
Posted on: Friday March 19, 2010 By: Becky
Squam has had an amazing pre-Spring week! The ice is almost OUT!! We've heard the earliest ice out on record is March 31st. Check out the photos from Rattlesnake on our facebook page. Tomorrow, the girls and I will celebrate the official arrival of spring with a picnic on the Rock Main Dock!
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Posted on: Wednesday March 10, 2010 By: Kathy
"Boil 'til it's done" - until you make the day's "run". New Hampshire is experiencing the perfect weather to make the sap flow - warm days and freezing nights. If you're in the area, be sure to visit some of the local sugar houses and sample some sugar-on-snow! If you can't make it, you can always find the finished product in the RDC Store!
Ready, set...
Posted on: Tuesday March 2, 2010 By: Becky
It's March!! Ready, set, RESERVATIONS!!
RESERVATION TIME!
Posted on: Tuesday February 23, 2010 By: John
On Monday, we start booking reservations for the 2010 summer season. To give yourself the best opportunity to receive the cottage and dates of your choice, make sure we have your reservation request form before March 1st!
Trivia Questions
Posted on: Friday February 19, 2010 By: Becky
We hope you are enjoying our Trivia Questions of the Week on our Facebook page! We are posting new questions on Thursdays. If you miss one, they are in an album on our profile. See the link to the left to get there!
RDC Trivia
Posted on: Thursday February 11, 2010 By: Annie
RDC's Trivia Question of the Week! About how many miles of toilet paper does RDC go through in the course of a summer season? To post your guess, go to the RDC Facebook link on the left side of this page.
RDC 2009 Photo Contest
Posted on: Wednesday February 10, 2010 By: Eric
The 2009 RDC Photo Contest is on our blog: The View From Squam
Cabins in winter
Posted on: Monday February 8, 2010 By: Kathy
For something other than ice, I thought I would post a few snowy pictures of our cabins on FB. These were taken during our last snow storm in mid January. Hope you enjoy them. Congratulations to the Saints for winning this year's Super Bowl!
Squam Sunrise Skate
Posted on: Friday February 5, 2010 By: John
Another beautiful morning on Squam. I hope folks aren't getting tired of looking at ice. I'm not! The skating is amazing. It is very unusual to have skating conditions this good for so long. Come and see for yourself or click on the RDC Facebook link!
Reservations are arriving!
Posted on: Wednesday February 3, 2010 By: Becky
It's February!! Send in your reservation request form soon!! Many are already arriving!!
Summer Staff
Posted on: Tuesday February 2, 2010 By: Ann
February is staffing month!! I am busy collecting applications,setting up interviews and planning my annual job fair trip to Eastern Europe.
Back to Ice Skating
Posted on: Saturday January 30, 2010 By: John
The ice is nice again! Last weekend the xc skiing conditions were perfect. This weekend the ice skating conditions couldn't be much better. I posted a few new photos on the RDC facebook page. Check them out if you have the time. If I get the courage to brave the sub zero temperatures, I may try skating by the full moon tonight.
A bit chilly!
Posted on: Friday January 29, 2010 By: Becky
John J. mentioned warm temps on Wednesday but right now the thermometer is reading -11 (with wind chill)!! Everyone is happy icing is done and there is some inside work to do. Hope you are staying warm wherever you are!
Heavy Rain & Warm Temperatures
Posted on: Wednesday January 27, 2010 By: John
Considering the heavy rain and warm temperatures we are having, I am very happy that the ice harvest took place last week!!! Before the rain, I had a wonderful xc ski adventure on Squam. I will try to post a few pics on the new RDC facebook page later today.
Ice Houses
Posted on: Thursday January 21, 2010 By: Doug
Ice houses are almost full! Just a few more truck loads and we'll be all set for summer!
Icing Starts
Posted on: Monday January 18, 2010 By: Becky
Icing started today! Oatmeal & muffins, chili & cornbread, coffee & cookies kept the crew going despite 4 inches of new snow and an unwanted crack in the ice.
Icing on Monday!
Posted on: Friday January 15, 2010 By: John
Hello again from the snow covered shores of Squam. Our annual ice harvest will begin on Monday, January 18th and probably wind down on Thursday morning. The operation will take place just off the shore from the Deephaven boat launch. We have 12 inches of beautiful black ice. If you are in the area, stop by to check out the action. If you do, please be sure to stop in at the Winter Office (Roswell) before you head down to the ice. And, don't forget to bring your skates! Squam has near perfect ice skating conditions. Hope to see you on the ice!!!
Happy New Year!
Posted on: Wednesday January 13, 2010 By: Kathy
Happy New Year from RDC and welcome to our brand new website!!! We hope you like it. Please let us know what you think. Our 2010 Winter Newsletter, "The Barque & Bight", is on its way to the Holderness Post Office and should be in your hands, via bulk mail, in the next two weeks. We have between 10 and 11 inches of beautiful "black ice" off the shore of Deep End. That means our icing operation will be taking place very soon...maybe next week or as soon as the ice gets to 12 inches in thickness. The skating on Squam Lake is the best we have experienced in 20 years. We will be updating RDC News at least a couple times a week so please check back regularly to see what is happening on and off the shores of Squam.
