March 29, 2018

Cast Iron Cooking Photo Gallery

While some folks may have said this week was too cold for camp, our campers out at Brumley Forest found the weather to be perfect for building a fire and grilling up some flapjacks! In addition to learning and practicing basic fire-building skills, our young chefs perfected some old recipes like snakes, pine needle tea, […]

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March 29, 2018

Questions to Ask Your Spring Sprout Walkabout Camper – Thursday

If you’re wondering what your camper has been up to this week, here are some questions to get the conversation started… 1) What kinds of snakes have we caught this week? How big were They? Did you touch them? (Hint: worm snake & northern water snake.) 2) Have you practiced any knot tying? What knots […]

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March 22, 2018

Questions to Ask Your Cast Iron Cooking Camper – Thursday

If you’re wondering what your camper has been up to this week, here are some questions to get the conversation started… What’s your favorite thing you’ve cooked this week? What do you need to make a fire? (Hint: tinder, kindling, different-sized sticks, a way to light it, and a way to put it out) Did […]

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October 12, 2017

Monster Camp Photo Gallery

Our first Brumley Monster camp was a blast! Plenty of hard work and creativity went into monster masks and costumes, culminating in our Friday Monster Parade. Monster-themed games were another hit with Scout Mission, Dragon’s Egg, Kick the Can, and Sock Wars encouraging sneaking, running, and hiding through the fall forest. The rest of our […]

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October 11, 2017

Lumberjack Photo Gallery

Our lumberjacks sawed and chopped their way through a very fun week at Brumley Forest. They got to practice lumberjack skills like sawing with a crosscut saw, using a hatchet to chop and split wood, building a lumberjack camp (Timber!), making pine needle tea and flipping flapjacks! Our rambles through the forest and creek turned […]

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