Rancho del Chaparral

Rancho del Chaparral One of two properties owned by the Girl Scouts of NM Trails, Rancho del Chaparral summer camps focus on getting girls outdoors and discovering new skills.

Rancho del Chaparral is nestled among majestic ponderosa pines in the Jemez Mountains in Northern New Mexico. The camp sits as an island, surrounded by the Santa Fe National Forest, 22 miles east of Cuba. The land was purchased in 1963 using funds raised by selling cookies and money donated by families and friends of local Girl Scouts. Since opening in June 1969, thousands of girls have experience

d the beauty and wonder of the outdoors at Rancho del Chaparral. This is a page for Girl Scout members, alumnae, volunteers, parents, and supporters of Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails welcomes interaction, discussion, commentary, questions, and even criticism, but we ask that you keep your comments and posts relevant and respectful. Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails may remove any post or ban anyone who violates these guidelines. In particular, personal attacks, inappropriate language, spamming, and excessive posting will not be tolerated. Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails reserves the right to remove posts advertising commercial products, as well as those that violate Facebook's terms of service, or that are inaccurate or otherwise objectionable.

I am a big believer that fear is not necessarily a bad thing. Feeling fear makes us know we might be in a dangerous situ...
12/04/2025

I am a big believer that fear is not necessarily a bad thing. Feeling fear makes us know we might be in a dangerous situation. Sometimes these fears are physical, sometimes they are emotional and sometimes they are simply mental. Most of the time they are the later, our brain is a power part of our body. It can be spoiled or it can be an obedient child. The older I get, the more I want to challenge myself to push through fear and not allow it to interfere with my life, thus training my brain to be the obedient child.
This week I got thinking that if I knew I had only a few days left here, would I have regret of things I didn't do out of fear. I would see this all the time at camp, kids that really wanted to do something, but wouldn't because of fear, the kids that pushed through this fear, you would see so much growth, it was amazing, like they could conquer the world at that moment (this is my aha moment), the kids that just couldn't push past that fear, you would see the struggle and pain they were feeling, and you wanted to just hold them and tell them you can do this.
Try new things, push past that fear! You may find that rush will be addicting!
Have a good week!

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Jemez Springs, NM
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