Last Day!
It was fun to wake up this morning surrounded by everyone!
This morning Ariel (camp kitchen staff and also a college student at Bastyr who has a lot of native plant knowledge) took the campers into the forest and they all scavenged for tea leaves, which they threw into a pot and cooked over the fire. Their tea was shared later that day at the family lunch.
Before leaving the Dewatto River, Raven and Conner gathered everyone together to sing "Down by the Bay". Raven and Conner had composed lines for each person to sing. We'll try to post this on YouTube.
On our way back to Belfair, we stopped at the Union River Adult Salmon trap to view the summer chum currently running up the stream. The trap is monitored 24-7 by volunteers who handle and identify the fish as they pass through the trap.
At our closing ceremonies each year, campers share their experiences from the week so parents can hear about what they were up to from their perspectives and get the run down on the Elk and Wolf game from each camper.
Campers and their families came together for lunch and then said their good-byes until next year.
