Friday morning...our last session

This was a hit with our kitchen moms...a little bitty banana!  Isn't it cute?  No one wanted to eat it since it was so little...

After our breakfast, which I obviously didn't get a lot of photos of...since I overslept... we had our last time with our rangers.

We all met in the outdoor school room...

and the rangers reviewed some of the things we had learned over the last couple of days...

 Ranger Laura

Ranger Monda talked to us about stewardship...

Ranger Carla

Ranger John

Ranger Laura gave me and Mrs. C a certificate and a pin of a redwood tree...

After that, the groups went off to do one last hike...and the adults went to finish getting the lodge cleaned up...all our gear ready to be packed onto the bus when it arrived...

After the activities, we had a snack...

and just had fun together before leaving our great time at the outdoor school!

On the bus, we were packed like sardines with all our gear...

and some rather tired 5th graders...

We made it back to school, unloaded the bus, and our parents came to pick us all up by 1 p.m.  I think many of us went home and slept awhile..and got nice and warm in our homes...

What a wonderful time we had... a HUGE thank you to all the parents who made it possible!

The skits

 When our skits started, I tried to film them...but it didn't work with my camera...just too dark.  I was hoping you would at least be able to hear it...but that didn't work very well either.  Finally, I tried using my flash, which is something I very rarely do...and it worked enough to show the last 3 skits.  So sorry for the first two!

This is the Wapiti cabin...with their skit on hunting elk.  It was classic!  We all laughed...

 especially when Hunter held up his 'elk' to take a picture of it!

 Wapiti...is another name for the Roosevelt Elk...

 

so it was a fitting skit for this cabin of boys!

 The Peregrines sang a song for us... some forgot their lines the first time, so they wanted to go again.

 They did...and we all loved hearing and watching the Peregrines!

 Next, our parents put on a skit for us...they had to get their 'stage' ready...and have a dry spot for their worm to lay.

 

Worm in place?  check...  actors ready?  check...

 The worm...............

The Marbled Murrelet (James) came to visit the Peregrine Falcon (Sara)...

What did the Murrelet want?  The Falcon was resting on the tree (John)...

 

 The worm was quiet and still....

 The Marbled Murrelet found a Coho Salmon...who was no help either...

 

 

The elk (Matthew) was there in all his glory....

The Murrelet continued to go from animal to animal...

The worm was getting anxious...

starting to move...trying to get away...

Oh dear...the Murrelet is actually a 'she'...and something is happening...

An egg...the marbled murrelet laid an egg!!! 

After our hilarious campfire, we returned to the lodge to play some games and have some brownies...

Angry Birds was one of the games we played...actually everyone was spread around the lodge playing different games and just hanging out...

It started to rain a little, more of a sprinkle, but it was time for bed... 

What a great day this was...beautiful weather, great field studies, super friends, and good food...and a fun, fun time around the campfire!

Thursday - late afternoon

 

It was our last afternoon at the outdoor school.

 I'm not really sure why the boys were holding boxes of cereal... It was about time for dinner, not breakfast.

 

 The Peregrines

Outside, we needed to get pictures on Stumpy...some cabin groups had already had their picture made.  

 The Marbled Murrelets

 This picture is titled, 'Thank you, Matthew!!!'

 

Here we are!  Mrs. C and Mrs. J's 5th graders!

 Back on the steps of the lodge...I think we were talking about the activities of the night...

 

Each cabin group was to perform a skit around the campfire...

 These boys were excited for dinner...tacos!

 The kitchen crew was busy dishing the food up...

Um?  Well, James was showing his 'egg'...

more on that later!