News From The Point

Yesterday campers were challenged by orienteering, a sport of cross-country navigation with map and compass.

As part of the advanced Wilderness, Adventure and Discovery (WAD) Hunger Games competition, the campers learned how to orient a map and use a compass to take bearings (compass directions). They then successfully completed an orienteering course that utilized their skills to navigate to locations around camp.

This week several happy campers finished building a “Huck Finn” style wooden raft that they had gleefully worked on for the past three weeks.

A team of campers, led by co-captains Peaker Jennie and Peaker Cori, worked together with a crew of Sailor Arielle, Sailor Lily and Sailor Gillian to develop the first POP log raft (that we have seen). The craft was made from logs reused from the farm and planks that had been the deck of the dining room.

The unique eight foot square raft, an advanced Wilderness Adventure and Discovery (WAD) project was launched and paddled with lots of joy and zest by the campers who were each given a sailor cap and a blue and white scarf for their enthusiastic efforts.  They even gave two small passengers a ride.