Kid’s Summer Survival Camp
July 24, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Outdoor Fun
My son went to a kids survival camp this week, it ended today with a parents day, where the parents were able to come see what the kids accomplished this week. It was a rainy week, and one day was a complete rain out. Many of the groups still managed to build a impressive shelters.
This was the most impressive shelter.
(c) L Gerlach
My son and his friend had to rebuild theirs a couple times when the rain washed it away.
After the parents checked out the shelters the kids had a blast destroying them, and scattering the twigs and brush around the woods where they found it.
(c)L Gerlach
Then we checked out their fire building skills. They didn’t get to make many fires this week, since one day was a constant steady rain, and the next day everything was still very wet. The twigs and sticks were a little dryer today, but they were still getting quite a bit of smoke, and not much fire to roast their marshmallows and hot dogs.
(c) L Gerlach
My son and his friend had a blast at survival camp learning how to build the shelter, make a fire and survive in the woods. He has one more camp next week, and it’s all about lizards, snakes, salamanders, and other creepy crawlers. Should be right up his alley!
