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.

Waste Watch and other announcements

At meals many announcements and directions are given. These include what you need for your next investigation, the weather for the day, and selected news items like sports scores and environmental news. One point of emphasis all week was reducing the amount of food wasted at meals. The kids have become very concerned and competitive about not leaving any food on their plates, even eating apples without leaving a core! The video below shows KEEC instructors using song and charts to build their caring, as well as a call to bring this idea of reducing food waste home to Chester-Andover. Don't waste the milk!

Happy Birthday!

Tonight's birthday celebration...

PS- You might want to turn your volume down, 100 kids can be loud!

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.....

The War Canoe

This afternoon a group took out the huge "war canoe" onto Lake Dunmore. Somehow a few brave (or lucky or unlucky) souls managed to find their way out of their seats and into the water. The story of how will have to be posted later because I was not in a canoe, I was out on a bog. More about that later...

Rock Climbing

Submitted by student:
"rock climbing was so much fun today, we were singing and having so much fun. I never thought that KEEC was going to be sooo much fun...I am going to miss it on Friday when we have to leave and I wish after friday we could come again because it is so much fun. But I will be happy kinda because I have not seen my family for a week, but I will miss the staff too because they are all so cool and nice."

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!