Camping and working and learning in national parks may sound like a great way to spend the summer, but for participants enrolled in Rocky Mountain Experience, it is much more. Rocky Mountain Experience is a unique university course that focuses on application of service-learning principles as students travel to, camp in, and complete service projects while learning in the national parks. The experience is one of total immersion as students complete projects identified as important by the parks, perform assigned tasks essential for group comfort and functioning, and explore the meaning and values of service in their own lives. The application of service-learning as a teaching technique has made this academic course successful and has created an educational environment where students serve to learn and learn to service. At the end of the course, it is not unusual to hear students comment on how much they have learned, not only about the natural history of the areas visited and management of the national parks but also about themselves and the value of service to others.