Bold In The Backcountry | Schedule and Sample Itinerary

Grades 3-5* | 5 Day Camp | Monday-Friday | 8:30-3:00PM

*based on participant’s grade in Fall 2024

Location

Monday-Friday Drop-off/Pick-up | Cornwall Park (Meridian St/E. Maplewood Ave Entrance)

WTA Route 15 stop 1066 or 3200 or WTA Route 4 stop 3045.

Wednesday and Friday | Take Wild Whatcom Bus for a day at Larrabee State Park (Main entrance/Amphitheater)

Thursday | Take Wild Whatcom Bus for a day at Fairhaven Park

Sample Itinerary

Activities may vary depending on participant interests and variable safety considerations (i.e. weather, preparedness, support needs)

8:30-8:45: Flexible Drop Off

  • Play game while waiting for participants to arrive

8:45-9:30: Opening Circle

  • Introductions: Share names and pronouns

  • Cover physical and heart safety

  • Land Acknowledgment 

  • Share plan for the day

9:30-9:45: Game Break: Fox Tails

9:45-10:00: Snack Break

10:00-10:30: Intro to Survival - Shelter, Water, Food, Emotional Well-being

  • Prioritize most urgent first - STOP (Stop, Think, Observe, Plan)

    • Scenarios: Read through/act out real wilderness scenarios and determine order of importance (shelter, water, food, emotional well-being)

10:30-11:30: Intro to Shelters

  •  Tents, tarp shelters, debris shelters: Compare

    •   Tent set-up: Learn together, then tent set-up relay race!

    •   Tarp Shelters: Shelter shapes, knots, practice

11:30-12:00: Lunch

12:00-12:15: Game Break: Stick Stick

12:15-1:15: Honorable Harvest

  • Tenets

  • Edible and Medicinal Plant ID

1:15-2:15: Free Explore/Practice Shelters

2:15-2:45: Peaceful Place

  • Journaling

2:45-3:00: Closing Circle

  • Preview of next day

  • Attitude of gratitude - What are you thankful for from our time together?