What a pleasant place to be creative. The squirrel in the palm tree kept us quite amused. Looks like he’s eating the palm leaf buds? Dan shows the Earth Explorers how to make the center of their flowers have the texture of seeds by doing rubbings. Mark demonstrated how to build a fire, then the…

Mark and the Native Skills kids practiced their “ninja walk” on the grass field at Newport Harbor High next door. Sometimes it’s good just to flop down on some grass! The campers LOVE our Junior Naturalists! The Native Skills kids constructed a nifty shelter! The Earth Explorers learned butterfly anatomy, discovered the connection between pollinators…

After a break in the rain, the kids took to the trails to Explore the Earth! Mushrooms love the rain, and so do we! This phoebe rests in between bites of (gnats) to eat. Along the trail we saw the claw of a crayfish by the stream! Back inside we made snowpeople out of TP…