Circle C Ranch is a 315 acre Christian camp that caters
to families, kids and teens and provides a wide variety of activities for them
to enjoy, including horseback riding, rock wall, swimming and games as well as Lasertron
right on the premises.
When I arrived at the family operated site Wayne greeted
me and drove me up to the building that they use for their game area. We walked
in to a large, open space that was decorated to look like a town right out of
the old west. My first thought was that if this is where they play tag then they
must be utilizing a mobile maze structure. After all, I’ve seen laser tag set
ups with everything from portable bunkers to coroplast movable walls, so I
would not have been surprised if that had been the case here. However, what I
was seeing was just the tip of the iceberg and I had not yet had even a glimpse
of the actual arena.
Wayne opened the door to a small vesting room with a rack
of Lasertron 11 packs hanging on the wall.
On the other side of the vesting room there was another
door and this one opened up to reveal a full (and very good sized) Lasertron
arena!
Now, laser tag can be a great opportunity for building a
business, but this is a completely different setting in which to see a set up
this elaborate. So, how does a camp end up with a fully decked out arena and
complete laser tag system like this? Wayne gave me a bit of the history that began
roughly 20 years ago. Because this site spreads their message of faith to young
people through the camp experience it makes sense that the more appealing
activities they can offer, the more people will hear their message. Over the
course of several years (Wayne believes it was somewhere between five and ten
years) they raised the money to be able to purchase the laser tag system for
the camp, which of course is a fairly significant investment. That shows a
great deal of confidence right there in the benefits that a laser tag system
can offer. But as for the amazing arena, perfect timing allowed them to be the
recipient of a tremendous gift and receive the arena elements as a donation to
the camp when another arena was remodeling. It seems evident that this was the
right place and time for this arena to be built and by 2005 they were playing
laser tag at Circle C Ranch. Wayne showed me photos of the directors who have been
running the Lasertron during the camp sessions ever since.
Right about then was when Wayne’s son Josh and Chloe
walked in to see what was going on…and that’s how I ended up talking about tag
on his next video edition of The Camp Life! :)
So now we had enough people gathered for a good game and
I was really excited to be able to play in this arena. We had an awesome time and
it was a real treat to experience Lasertron at this site. I’m really impressed
that they have included this as one of their activities. It made my trip all the
more worthwhile to be able to add this visit to my journey and really affirmed
that I too was in just the right place this weekend. I want to thank Wayne,
Josh and Chloe for joining me for a game and sharing a bit about what Circle C has
to offer. I appreciate the experience I had and hope that laser tag continues
to play a part in the good work that they are able to do at the ranch.
Comments or Questions?
Contact: Tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
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