Adventure Island
CoEd Ages 9-15
6:1 Staff Ratio
Weeks 3-11
$515/week
Availability
When we think of our childhood, we think about playing and exploring along the banks of waterways. This is the quintessential summer experience -- what we all did when we didn't go to summer camp! Remember leaving the backyard and walking to the woods and waterways behind your house and dreaming up adventures that flooded your imagination? Well, we just upped the ante and gave our campers one amazing island with ropes challenges and the "Swiss Family Robinson" feel of freedom. This is a week when the minds of our campers steer the boats, each day landing on a different world to discover. Nothing compares to the feeling of being on your own island and being out on your own private adventure. Exploring the dozens of neighboring islands and waterways that slice them into pieces. Rope swing, swim, and have at it in your own environment, with staff that share the excitement and also have a bag of tricks to offer up. Daily trips are made out to ours and other islands for games and imaginative play. Visiting places that captured our imaginations and gave us the memories to offer something so simple and innocent. Overnights take place on our island with an extended canoe trip and voyage down the Potomac River.
The Week 3-11 Overnight:
Paddle: Potomac River
Camp: Adventure Island
Basic Itinerary:
- Monday: Paddle to and tour Adventure Island, basic Leave No Trace training around the island, swim around a bit - head back to Riley's.
- Tuesday: Series of High & Low Rope Element rotations throughout the day plus some water activities.
- Wednesday: Whitewater Canoe lesson day, getting the kids used to paddling in current.
- Overnight: Paddle out to the island, set camp, have unbelievable day and paddle down the GW to Pennyfield.
Special Considerations: Campers spend many of their days in a canoe, either going back and forth, or around the islands. Canoeing and canoe skills are an important part of this program and cannot be avoided. Time will be spent improving these skills.
2012 Instructor 1 & 2: TBD