The Fall Voyage for Rebecca’s 5th grade class ended its first full day and after a morning of either rock climbing or doing the ropes course, an afternoon of hiking, exploring, learning about wild edible plants and building more forts, and an evening of campfires, S’mores, and stories, it’s certain that the kids will sleep well tonight!
Half of the kids kicked off the day with the team challenge of our high ropes course that has groups of 4 or 5 traverse across cables, over gaps and on skis in the sky as they work on their communication, teamwork, planning and bonding before they get to the zip line exit. The other half headed up to our rock site and challenged themselves to choose a goal on our 60 foot rock faces of just how high and how challenging of a route they want to go for. Both activities are phenomenal at giving kids an opportunity to step outside their comfort zone and explore the limits of their individual capabilities in these different areas.
The afternoon thunderstorms that are often so common this time of year stayed clear giving sunny skies a chance to do its thing to our mountain paradise. With sunscreen spread, each patrol venture off to learn about the plants, nature and some techniques for building some natural shelters and what is edible growing in the wild. Many berries were eaten, wild onions picked and a few brave souls tasted the savory goodness of some ants!
It’s neat to see those new to the class integrate in with the others and all of them forge stronger bonds fueled by a lot of laughter! To check out some more pics, head over to our Facebook page!
