About Creekside Creative Camp
We believe in empowering individuals through teamwork, creativity, and adventure. Our staff is committed to nurturing a supportive environment where everyone can thrive and achieve their personal best during their camp experience.
Meet Our Dedicated Camp Team
Our Origin Story
From Camp Director Travis Raybold
We are blessed to have 3 acres of forest in the back yard, backing up to Johnson Creek. As my kids were growing up, they loved playing in the woods - climbing trees, digging for worms, catching crawdads, and building forts. My daughter Freya took that love of nature, and volunteered to be a counselor at outdoor camps every chance she got. Now she is in college working on her teaching license. We would love to be able to share this beautiful spot with other kids, and let them have the same opportunities to explore nature. We are also lucky to have a friend who teaches design methodology to kids using a variety of mediums, including 3d printing! We hope that a mix of play based time in nature and open ended design projects will not only entertain your children, but help nurture their love of learning and nature.
Our Team
Meet our dedicated staff and learn about our mission.
Travis Raybold
Travis has an extensive background in technology and education - from developing ed-tech software for 16 years to teaching Kindergarten in international schools.
His approach to education follows the students' innate interests, nurturing their love of learning while using music, art and nature as mediums for their exploration.
Freya Raybold
Freya is currently enrolled as an Education major at Western Oregon University.
She has volunteered for a wide variety of summer camps for Sherwood Center for the Arts, totaling around 25 different camps in the last few years.
She has also spent 700 hours teaching science lessons outdoors with NW Science Outdoors School.
Her favorite activities including hiking, writing, and playing with her cat.
Reddd (Dave Long)
filmmaker, animator, fabricator, designer, inventor, songwriter and robot whisperer.
He has a Guinness Book World Record for designing the world’s largest functioning scissors in 2022 (10’ Long!)
He has worked on TV Shows such as Netflix’s The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson Creature Shop) and Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. He has created exhibits at Arizona Science Center.
Reddd has a degree in Film and Television and has taught a summer filmmaking workshop with high school kids at Arizona State University.
An award winning Director, Cinematographer, Producer and Animator (stop-motion since 1995 and CGI since 2000,) he has built puppets and props for professional DVD menus and music videos utilizing 3D printers since 2013. An exhibited artist, outdoor enthusiast and gardener, with the help of robot friends, together growing solutions to mechanical problems. Reddd has been called to teach his unique design methodology because of its powerful results.
Today he resides in and has come to cherish The Johnson Creek area in Porland.