It was a beautiful, if hot & humid, weekend that the Junior Unit spent at Palmetto State Park. After setting up tents, Friday evening included a birthday cupcake celebration for one of the Pathfinders, singing, stories, discussion of health principles in the Nutrition Honor and a hike in the dark around Oxbow Lake (lights off, of course.)
Sabbath morning after the Pathfinders on cook duty prepared the breakfast burritos and the cleanup crew finished up, we spent time on the Digestion Honor during stops that punctuated our morning hike on the San Marcos River trail. All along the way Pathfinders kept a list of birds, plants, animals, insects, etc that they could identify, learning new ones and seeing who could get the most!
In the afternoon there were activities such as a Bible board game, corn hole tossing,
and stories, topped off with a refreshing swim in Oxbow Lake. The day ended with a cozy campfire and S’mores. In the night Barred Owls had a meeting near our campsite with loud calls, though we couldn’t quite make out what they were discussing!
Sunday morning the elusive White-eyed Vireo that had been so vocal but always just out of sight above our heads all weekend, finally let himself be seen!
Finally, after packing up and heading back, we met up with the Senior Unit (returning from their canoe campout) to get our traditional ice cream cones at Sandy’s. Another fun trip came to a satisfying end.
Sabbath morning after the Pathfinders on cook duty prepared the breakfast burritos and the cleanup crew finished up, we spent time on the Digestion Honor during stops that punctuated our morning hike on the San Marcos River trail. All along the way Pathfinders kept a list of birds, plants, animals, insects, etc that they could identify, learning new ones and seeing who could get the most!
In the afternoon there were activities such as a Bible board game, corn hole tossing,
and stories, topped off with a refreshing swim in Oxbow Lake. The day ended with a cozy campfire and S’mores. In the night Barred Owls had a meeting near our campsite with loud calls, though we couldn’t quite make out what they were discussing!
Sunday morning the elusive White-eyed Vireo that had been so vocal but always just out of sight above our heads all weekend, finally let himself be seen!
Finally, after packing up and heading back, we met up with the Senior Unit (returning from their canoe campout) to get our traditional ice cream cones at Sandy’s. Another fun trip came to a satisfying end.
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