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| "Expedition members" sketch before the rains came |
Talk about a real life reenactment! The group started at the Tilden Park Nature Center, managed to "find" the two buffalo and "attack" the bear. They encountered berries along the way (in cartons) collected samples, journaled a bit until it started to rain. Some got tired and cold, others wanted to go on. The leaders led a discussion and as a group they decided to continue up to "the continental divide". As they climbed higher, it became slippier. It was also misty, windy and cold, yet we had only made it halfway.
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| Survivors of the mud and rain.... |
Students managed a slippery walk down. Some loved it, others struggled but everyone made it intact. Thanks to a really helpful group of parent chaperones, Deborah, Eric, Mehran, Clare and Paula for all of your help. In the end, students will probably never forget this experience, and they certainly got an idea of what it was like to be on a "tough expedition". As we speak, these muddied Strawberry students are resting and enjoying a cup of hot cocoa--they have a well deserved four day weekend ahead of them.
Please be sure you give your child a bath tonight and check for ticks. We were hiking in Tilden Park which does have both poison oak and ticks.
Have a nice, long weekend!
Jed
