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HOrseshoe canyon
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Date: March 20-22, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Jasper, AR GS Grade Level: Cadette-Ambassador Fee: $160/girl Session Length: 3 days, 2 nights Group Capacity: 20 |
Known across the Midwest as the best spot for outdoor rock climbing, this weekend is sure to improve your climbing skills.
Saturday will be filled with an expertly guided rock climbing session and if time allows, some light hiking. The group will spend both Friday and Saturday night camping at the private campground with access to modern bathrooms and showers. Fee includes expert rock climbing guides on location, rock climbing gear, transportation, lodging, and food. Previous climbing experience is required. Badge/Journey Connections: Cadette, Senior & Ambassador Snow or Climbing Adventure Badge |
LAKE JACOMO KAYAK EXCURSION
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Join us at Lake Jacomo for a kayaking day excursion led by our trained lifeguards and small craft safety instructors! We'll start with a safety lesson and brief introduction to kayaking before kayaking around the lake! Kayaking experience encouraged but not required.
Badge/Journey Connections: This excursion completes steps 2-5 of the Senior Paddling Badge! Step 1 you can complete on your own or as a troop just by signing up! |
SHAWNEE MISSION PARK LAKE KAYAK EXCURSION
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Join us at Shawnee Mission Lake for a kayaking day excursion led by our trained lifeguards and small craft safety instructors! We'll start with a safety lesson and brief introduction to kayaking before kayaking around the lake! Kayaking experience encouraged but not required.
Badge/Journey Connection: This excursion completes steps 2-5 of the Senior Paddling Badge! Step 1 you can complete on your own or as a troop just by signing up! |
SENIOR AND AMBASSADOR CITIZEN SCIENCE JOURNEY OVERNIGHT
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Location: Tongawood
GS Grade Level: Senior-Ambassador Fee: $50/girl Session Length: Overnight Group Capacity: 25 |
This journey overnight is for Senior and Ambassador girls who want to learn more about science and field research! Spend the night learning about the night sky, observe and identify light pollution, classify galaxies for real NASA data projects, and use your mapping skills to create a Solar System Hike that models the distance and scale of our solar system out at Camp Tongawood.
Spend the following participating in the STEM Expo and end the day finishing up a poster to educate others about your favorite thing you learned! Dinner, Lunch and Breakfast are included. We will be staying in the lodge for this overnight. |
CADETTE OUTDOOR JOURNEY
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Dates: 4/4-4/5
Location: Tongawood GS Grade Level: Cadette Fee: $50/girl Session Length: Overnight Group Capacity: 35 |
In this Cadette Outdoor Journey you will earn three badges: Tree, Trailblazing, and Primitive Camper Badges. We will be doing a service project with for the Trees badge, so you will be able to complete the entire Journey in just one amazing weekend!
You’ll find that the Cadette Outdoor Journey is rich and robust because it covers a lot of essential skills. You will enjoy primitive camping in the Outpost Campsite, help clean up and create an outdoor educational trail, cook an entire meal right over a campfire, then participate in a Service Project to give back to Camp Tongawood. Girls must attend 1 of 2 pre-planning meetings prior to the overnight to complete the Journey.
PACKING LIST
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Rocky mountain national park - SOLD OUT
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Date: July 26 at 7:00 am - Aug. 1 at 8:00pm
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado GS Grade Level: Cadette-Ambassador Fee: $700/girl Session Length: 7 days, 6 nights Group Capacity: 16 $140 deposit due at registration. Balance due by May 31, 2020. SOLD OUT |
Come explore Rocky Mountain National Park with other Girl Scouts in our council! Spend a week in one of the most visited National Parks in the country. Itinerary includes multiple hikes, camping, horseback riding, biking, whitewater rafting and countless nature appreciation moments.
Lodging will include staying at Hamp Hut in Colorado Springs, Twisted Pine Lodge located near Denver and camping at Rocky Mountain National Park. Whether this is your first trip to a National Park or you are a veteran, there will be plenty of experiences that will give you a glimpse of the beauty of Colorado. This will be a trip to remember! *Subject to change Badge/Journey Connections: Adventurer, Adventure Camper, Ultimate Recreation Challenge, Trailblazing, Primitive Camper |
