Early birds put worms on hooks to go fishing on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Dave Clipson took several anglers out into the water to learn how to bait and cast.
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| Yum! |
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| Anabelle, Jessica, Michele, and Tiffany (left to right) |
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| Taking the bore out of chore, one spritz at a time... |
Two of our campers made breakfast for everyone: Huevos Rancheros, out on the open fire. Teams were assigned to wash dishes, and they did it without complaint (one might even say they had fun doing it).
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| "Paddle faster! I hear banjos!" |
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| Island life... |
Then we explored a small island within Lake Sam Rayburn. Our campers went there by kayak and canoe, wearing life jackets and looking out for each other. Even when a pair of campers in a two-seater kayak were struggling to keep up, two of their fellow campers went back and helped them make it the rest of the way. They swam in the shallow waters around the island, with an osprey nest not too far in the distance. We left the island as clean we found it.
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Julio made it to the island first, though he had the hardest
time with his kayak. |
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| Swimming in Sam Rayburn |
Over lunch, Dale Snyder, the Fire Management Supervisor for the Angelina and Sabine National Forests discussed fire management, the rigors of being a wildland firefighter for 22 years, how to stay safe and hydrated in an outdoor setting, and many other topics. Our campers showed their interest with nearly an hour's worth of questions.
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| "We match!" |
Later, our campers learned another valuable outdoor skill: fire-building. The participants were broken into four teams, each led by a Y-LINC alum. Each team did their best to gather kindling, twigs, and small branches, and when they had finished, they were given a
single match. The team who could light a fire that would last 5 minutes with that one match was the winner; Tracy, Tiffany, and Michele won first prize, a magnesium fire starter.
Dave took some of the campers on a tour of the surrounding area and they saw an albino doe that had been reported in the area. When they got back to camp, our students colored and cut-out their own "Flat Woodsy" (like the famous Flat Stanley educator tool). They will be posing with these Flat Woodsy's at various points in their journeys tomorrow, and each night we will celebrate the most creative pose.
To finish off the evening, John Boyette, a District Forester with the Texas Forest Service, taught our campers how to do one of the more popular Project Learning Tree activities: Tree Factory. Tommorow they will rise early to go to Ratcliff State Park and Treetops Learning center.
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Of course Superman and Batman would be the cambium.
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