Day Programs:
Swim Holes! Adventure Day Program
July 29 - August 2, $220
Ages 8 - 14
9 am - 4 pm (with 8:30 - 5:30 option)
Games, water-play, nature discovery & wilderness survival skills.

Overnight Programs:

West Virginia Survival Adventure
August 12 - 16, $475
Ages 10 - 17
Practice survival skills in a real wilderness! 
West Virginia Rock and River Adventure
August 19 - 23, $475
Ages 10 - 17
Tubing, hiking, and rock-climbing on a camp-out at Big Bend in West Virginia. 
DAY PROGRAMS
“This opportunity has been phenomenal. I am so glad we found out about it. I only wish it had lasted longer.”
-- Parent of two of students I taught in an Ancestral Knowledge Homeschool Naturalist Program.  See full review.
Drop off and pick up your kid(s) at Armistead Boothe Park in Alexandria, VA.  You can drop off as early as 8:30 am, and no later than 9.  Pick them up at 4 pm, or as late as 5:30 if you'd like aftercare (add $30 to enrollment fee).

Armistead Boothe Park
‎520 Cameron Station Boulevard.
Alexandria, VA 22304
Swim Holes! Adventure Day Program
Meets in Alexandria, VA (transportation off-site is provided)
July 29 - August 2, $220
Ages 8 -14 (Limit of 10 students)
9 am - 4 pm
(8:30 am - 5:30 pm option available; aftercare is $30 additional)

Each day, we'll escape the city and travel to a beautiful wild place with a decent swim hole.  The week will fly by with games, water-play, and the learning of basic natural history and wilderness survival skills.   After this camp, students will feel much more comfortable and secure outdoors, and way more knowledgeable than the average adult when it comes to surviving in the wild.

Topics include:
  • Survival priorities
  • Shelter
  • Potable water
  • Fire-making
  • Edible and medicinal plants
  • Aid-less navigation
  • Primitive hunting and trapping techniques.
REGISTER for Swim Holes! Adventure Day Program
$
50.00    
 
OVERNIGHT PROGRAMS

West Virginia Survival Adventure
August 12 - 16, $475
Ages 10 - 17 (Limit of 8 students.)

In this class we will practice survival skills in a West Virginia wilderness area.  A nice campground with a lake will provide our base, from which we will venture into nearby wilderness with a river, streams and a diverse mix of forest.  We will spend the days exploring, practicing skills, fishing and enjoying the water.  Depending on class size and composition, we may pack our gear into an area and set up a primitive camp, or establish our main base at a campground and go on daily wanders. 

Transportation will be provided from Alexandria, VA.  I also have a limited number of tents, sleeping bags, backpacks and other gear available. 

Topics will include:
  • Survival shelter
  • Obtaining potable water
  • Fire
  • Useful plants
  • Navigation
REGISTER for West Virginia Survival Adventure
$
100.00    
 
REGISTER for West Virginia Rock and River Adventure
$
100.00    
 

West Virginia Rock and River Adventure
August 19 - 23, $475
Ages 10 - 17 (Limit of 8 students)

So much adventure, so little time! Last year we camped at Big Bend Campground on a long weekend trip of great tubing, hiking, rock-climbing and swimming as well as an introduction to some basic camping and survival skills. This year's trip has an extra day, and I can't wait to get back.

Transportation will be provided from Alexandria, VA.  I also have a limited number of tents, sleeping bags, backpacks and other gear available. 
ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE PROGRAMS

When I am not teaching the programs above, I will be teaching at Ancestral Knowledge's excellent camps - please see ancestralknowledge.org for details and registration, or click on the name of the camp that interests you.

Woods Wise 1 and 3 - Day Camps
July 8 - 12 
Ages 8 - 14
Greenbelt, MD

Wilderness Experience - Overnight Camp
July 21 - 27
Ages 10 - 17
Harper's Ferry, WV