September 3, 2024
Brumley Forest
August 27, 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 […]
August 27, 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. […]
August 27, 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 […]
August 27, 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 […]
April 24, 2024
Orange Discovery Day Photo Gallery
This day was all about games and exploration.