Camp Fridays Fall 2015

Camp Friday: October 9, 2015
Pumpkin Patch Cache with the City of Salida, GARNA and Guidestone

Local youth gathered at the Hutchinson Homestead for the annual Guidestone Pumpkin Patch to learn and practice their compass navigation skills. Held on a course tucked among golden grasses, trees, and a hay bale maze, children worked in pairs to follow compass bearings to flagged points, eventually leading to a pumpkin cache destination. Each child took home a mini pumpkin as a prize to remember their accomplishment.

Camp Friday: October 16, 2015
Understanding Human Impacts on the Monarch Spur Trail with the City of Salida, GARNA and Chaffee County 4-H

A group of local little ones gathered for a day of environmental education on the Monarch Spur Trail in Salida. The site of the Salida Trail Ecological Restoration Project, the trail was a perfect backdrop for kids to learn about human impacts on nature and ways they can help improve natural areas in their own backyard. Students identified natural and un-natural objects on the trail, played games to understand how long trash takes to break down, picked up micro-trash, and learned techniques for observing and connecting to nature.