Now that Junior Session has begun...

 ...I'm gonna do a blog post about 3rd session! It's so long ago that I will have to remember it through pictures, wahoo!

This is probably the thing that I was most excited about this session. I picked some carbon ball fungus off a log, and randomly placed it on a piece of paper because I thought it was cool (soooo coool). Then next day, it had released spores (bottom right)! And then it kept releasing spores!

Point is, I didn't expect a spore print on this already exciting find, so that was most excellent. I will probably keep the paper forever. Yes, I laminated it.

In other 3rd session news, we had the River Trip! During 2nd session there was a heat wave, so we couldn't do the river hike. No complaints there-- we probably would have gotten heat stroke. The hike along the Cacapon River is a favorite of many a camper. It's about a 5 mile hike and the highlights include climbing up to Caudy's Castle, and crossing the river and playing around in the swimming hole.

A gorgeous day on Caudy's Castle

Birding

And a buddy pic!

Another exciting event was teaching a poop/ camping skills workshop, focusing on Leave No Trace principles and methods for pooping in the woods! At the end of the workshop, after demonstrating cat-hole digging skillz, campers became Certified Woods Poopers! It was a proud moment for everyone involved.

Cynthia and I spent a long time being unicorns last session. We do an evening activity called Noah's Ark that focuses on predator/prey/food source interconnectedness. But as most camp activities go, you need some staff running around for comic relief/ causing a ruckus. So we ran around chewing on rainbow wigs (Raaiiiinbow clouds! We looove raiiinbow clouds!) and snuck onto the ark. After that night we had a lot of trouble because we couldn't stop talking in our high-pitched unicorn voices.

According to the pictures I took, that sums up 3rd session, and the end of the senior program. I will post about how adorable junior session is on a later date! Spoiler alert: Soooooo cuuute.