Adventure/Outdoors Camp,
Camps,
Cooking Camp,
Crafts Camp,
Hiking Camp
Camp
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$2,000.00Session Price
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$400.00Deposit
Student-Teacher Ratio 5:1
Monday, July 1, 2024 through Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Mendocino 2024: Between Pacific Tides
Our 10-day Mendocino session places us at a large group site at MacKerricher State Park, an ecological wonderland, a short distance from spectacular headlands and sandy beaches. We investigate the local plants around our camp and rise before dawn to explore the rich inter-tidal invertebrate and algal life of the North Coast’s world-class tidepools. Each year, our campers discover new treasures: sea urchins, abalone, octopi, and many species of sea stars.
We visit the spectacular landscape of the sand dunes and their strange ecology at the Ten Mile Dunes. We hike the coastal terraces of Jughandle Preserve up to a pigmy forest, where ancient, fully mature trees are shorter than some campers and spend time in solitude watching the sunset over the ocean. This year, we spend July 4, cuddled together on tarps enjoying the local fireworks display at Noyo Harbor.
Time at the beach playing games like “Shoes in the Sand”, woodworking, jewelry making, and seaweed drying and cooking highlight our activities. Due to the ecological abundance of the area, our Mendocino session frequently allows us to experiment with local foods: seaweed salad and thimbleberry and red huckleberry cobblers. We never know what new dishes campers and staff will create!
This Camp Chrysalis session concludes with a five mile catamaran trip up the tidal estuary of Big River to a rope swing and lunch spot. In old redwood logging stands recently preserved by a citizen campaign, we learn first hand the impact of logging and the importance of preserving our natural heritage.
All sessions leave at 9:00 AM from 2434 McKinley Ave, (off Dwight Way) in Berkeley. The return times are 4 PM for the Big Sur session, 5 PM for the Mendocino session, and 6 PM for the Sierra session.
