2024
Chipmunk Photo Gallery
This week we learned all about our cute furry friends, chipmunks! We learned fun facts about them, made teeny chipmunk dens, and made cute chipmunk puppets! We saw cool creatures, built incredible forts, and played until we were dirty, tired, and happy.
Chipmunk (Wake – Whispering Pines, August 12-16, 2024)
Shiny Shells and Slithering Scales Photo Gallery
This week we learned all about our reptile friends! We looked at box turtle shells, made beaded lizards, and played a couple epic games of Crocodilian Wars. We made new friends, learned new things, and had an awesome time in the woods!
Shiny Shells and Slithering Scales (Wake – Whispering Pines, August 12-16, 2024)
Heroes of Umstead: Quest for Adventure Photo Gallery
Our oldest group had an EPIC week of adventures in the world of greek mythology! They made their way out of the labyrinth with compasses, learned to weave like Arachne, made clay pots, and even got to pool noodle sword fight like heroes!
Heroes of Umstead: Quest for Adventure (Wake – Whispering Pines, August 12-16, 2024)
Wildflower Photo Gallery
This week, the flowers were really in bloom for us! We used some to make wildflower bookmarks and to decorate our fairy houses this week. We loved our favorite Schoolhouse games like Sock Wars, Kick the Can, and Sashamambasnake! We have so much fun making all sorts of things in the creek from mud balls to dams, to even new friends!
Wildflower (Orange – August 12-16, 2024)
Color Color Everywhere! Photo Gallery
This week we searched the forest far and wide for all the colors we could find! We searched for rocks of all colors, mushrooms of every color, and leaves – and we actually found some of every color (believe it or not!) We loved games like Monster Mash, Camouflage, and Rainbow Tag, and had lots of fun being silly with our faceprint! We loved swinging on vines at Piney Path, finding box turtles and giant mushrooms, and making new friends in the woods!
Color Color Everywhere! (Orange – August 12-16, 2024)
Backpacking 101: Bowdrills, Bandages, and Bears Photo Gallery
This week was truly an adventure! We not only learned wildlife skills like bear encounters, basic first aid, and how to best pack our backpacks, but we also got to throw tomahawks and atl atls (a traditional form of spear throwing)! We made primitive fire with a bowdrill or quartz and steel, and we roasted marshmallows and doughboys! Some of us made primitive water filters during water time out of old 2L bottles, cotton balls, and materials from the woods. We loved being extra silly during water time, and had a great week making friends!
Backpacking 101: Bowdrills, Bandages, and Bears (Orange – August 12-16, 2024)
Bobcat Photo Gallery
What a great last week of the summer together! While we didn’t find any bobcats this week, we did find other fun forest critters like box turtles, butterflies, clams, and crawdads at water time. We loved swinging on vines at Viney Village, and running down our favorite hill on the way to the Boneyard basecamp. We even found a new climbing log at the Beech basecamp, which we loved exploring during the day. Our counselors told some incredible stories this week including Were-bobcat and the never before heard story of Were-mosquito!
Bobcat (Orange – August 19-23, 2024)
Unexplored Brumley Photo Gallery
In this final epic week of summer, we explored Brumley Nature Preserve far and wide for new basecamps, water spots, and even old ruins! We caught some hard to find critters along the way like a rough green tree snake, and enjoyed going to the Deep Water Spot a lot! We were especially silly during creek time, with our mud walls and mud paintings, dam building, and general goofiness. We used compasses to find the secret hidden objects during Scout Mission, and had to solve a riddle of its whereabouts all while being searched by an “evil” counselor! This 7-12 year old group really bonded well together and had a terrific last week of summer!
Unexplored Brumley (Orange – August 19-23, 2024)