Westminster Woods

I went camping with Morgan's 5th grade class at Westminster Woods for 3 days. The girls in my cabin were great! Morgan had a blast. I would definitely recommend going if you ever get the chance.

It rained the first and last day. But that did not stop them. They were still able to do most of the things that were planned in the rain. The first day they went on a hike in the rain and got to kiss a banana slug. Morgan did not kiss one.

After their hike they talked about the things they saw and recorded them in their field journals. they learned the difference between a Redwood and a Douglass fir. Notice how wet Morgan's pants are. Maybe next time I will spring for the rain suit.

The second day it was nice and sunny all day. It was a good thing too, because they were doing their challenge course today. (They would still do it even if it was raining.) They started with a few exercises using communication and team work. Their group was not very good with these skills and did not do very well on some of the exercises. In this one they were supposed to lower the hula hoop to the ground. It kept going up and not down.

This one they did pretty well. They had to lead their partner through the camp, making sure that they did not trip or fall.

This was another game where you had to get all 11 people from your team across the giant vat of "turkey vulture vomit". They were given only 5 boards and someone had to have contact with the boards at all times. If you lost contact with a board, it was taken away. They struggled a lot with this one. They came close but did not quite get it. On these challenge courses the chaperons could not help them at all. It was very hard trying not to help them.