A Visitor Shopping at the Creek
We were surprised this week by an unexpected guest… while playing tree tag in the morning this week, we spotted a fawn hidden in the leaves! Afterward, our navigator for the day successfully led us to back base camp.
May Update from the Wilderness Skills Intensive
Last week we had an incredible overnight camping experience at Hammond Hill State Forest. We learned how to identify wildflowers with Newcomb’s wildflower guide, and dug up burdock root in the field before hitting the trail.
Wild Pesto and a Scavenger Hunt
This Tuesday during homeschool at our West Hill location, the children earned enough “party points” this week – gained from answering questions correctly in our naturalist’s corner – for a celebration filled with feast and games!
Alumni Spotlight: Eric Stone
My heart was pounding. I was covered in quickly drying clay, charcoal, twigs, leaves and I was crouched in a dry stream bed listening closely to the woodland sounds. I was listening to the chickadees calling from the lowest branches of the maple trees. Their two-tone call meant everything was normal. Then they went silent.
Keep Your Eye On the Stars
I remember the summer I learned that shooting stars aren’t really stars. I was away at summer camp in the mountains of North Carolina. We used to see tons of shooting stars—one right after another—as we lay in our sleeping bags in Deep Gap or on Deer Mountain.
Weaving Generations
This past weekend in Ithaca, Justin Sutera led a Black Ash Pack-Basket workshop as part of Primitive Pursuit’s Wilderness Weekends series at 4-H Acres.