Mural Painting

Wilderness Skills

Another Thursday choice selection.

Earth Art...

...also known as eARTh. Campers got creative with raw materials found in nature.

Candle Making

A bunch of campers chose to make candles on Thursday Choice Day.

Blogging on Bogging

This afternoon a group chose to investigate a nearby bog, a place where a thick layer of plant material, mostly moss, floats on a shallow body of water. As KEEC leader Matt put it "it is like trying to walk on a waterbed." We found Pitcher plants that attract bug to a sweat liquid then consume them for food! As usual the video shows our adventure better than a description. And it wasn't even buggy.....

All Day Hike: 5 caves, 1 waterfall and countless lookouts!

We had a fabulous time on the all day hike. We climbed Mount Moosalamoo to the Wiantanog Lookout and the Over Cliff Trail down to the Caves Trail to Generals Lookout. From there we climbed to Majors Lookout for lunch before heading to Josh's Cave. Josh's Cave has many chambers and the campers had a great time exploring. Next we headed to the Falls of Lana and back on the Ethan Allen Trail, past the infamous Ethan Allen Cave where the Green Mountain Boys hid Native American clothing to fool the New York tax collectors. A fabulous day!

Thurday Choice Day

Thursday is the day for kid choice activities, different from other days where study groups are assigned investigations. Today kids are off canoeing, hiking, making art, and learning wilderness skills. Jeanie is on the all day hike so posts today might be a little less than other days. We will try to catch up tonight.

X-Stream Hiking

A select group of kids chose X-stream hiking this AM for Thursday choice activities. This is using a stream bed as a path, hiking up the water, getting help from fellow KEECers, and of course getting wet and having fun. It was much cooler today, and some of us actually got cold for the first time. A good sunny rock was a perfect spot to chill and warm up.