Woodland Survival Camp (updated)

This week Georgia is attending the Woodland Survival camp at our local nature center. She is loving it! They have built shelters, fires, collected water, cooked with a fire, demonstrated first aid, practiced using compasses, and had a blast! On Friday they will have a special demonstation for the parents and we will be able to tour their woodland survival camp. I'll be sure to bring the camera and take some photos to share.

UPDATE: Georgia ate a roasted mealworm! And then they ground the rest up to bake in cookies!! She said the mealworm tasted like peanutbutter. Hmmm, mealworm and jelly sandwich anyone?

Georgia also practiced using a bow and arrow, shooting it at targets.

The camp staff made a disk of pictures they took througout the week to give to the parents, but we were near the end of the line and they ended up running out of disks. Some folks at the front were taking more than one. So we will recieve pictures taken throughout camp in a couple weeks, when we go back to pick up some tincture she made. They used jewelweed to make an herbal tincture for topical application which can be used to relieve mosquito bites, bee and wasp stings, warts, bruises, fungal skin infections, nettle stings, minor burns, cuts, eczema, acne, sores, and poison ivy rash.

So, if you are ever to be stranded in a remote and deserted area...take Georgia with you!!

Here are some pictures of Georgia showing us the shelters on Friday...

Georgia's Team's Shelter

The other team's shelter

The girls with the Long Hunter at his camp