Our final day of Mountain Kids and the day of our party for the earth! The kids chose to dress up as their favorite animal (although most of the animal noses and antennae did not make it down the arroyo to the party!). We began to hike down the arroyo to Fort Marcy Park, and did pretty well, considering the heat. We prepared for the hot day by wetting down our new homemade bandanas and putting ice inside them and setting out. We made it about half way where we ate lunch and decided it was just too hot to walk the whole way. So Edie picked us up in the Adventure Bus, a welcome sight!
We arrived at the park for our big party where we were met by Cliff Ross, our new Zwibble friends, parents, delicious cupcakes, and watermelon! (Thanks Sandra, Nancy and Janine for the food!) Everyone met their Zwibble and then we released the butterflies that we had watched transform from caterpillars to chrysalis' to butterlfies; what a perfect gift for the earth! We ate delicious cupcakes and watermelon, and everyone took home their nature journal, their Mountain Kids t-shirt and their new Zwibble. It was a great way to end a fabulous summer of camp! Thanks all for a really fun summer!
Chelsea and Indie in their animal roles.
Madeleine as a butterfly.
Edie was some sort of strange hybrid between animal and insect!
Sweet Spencer! Or is that a Jaguar?!
Che, an adorable butterfly...
Jackson...I think... definitely a good disguise!
Jackson Y., our resident human!
Madeleine and a couple of insects.
Skyler, the fox.
We venture out on our hike to the party at Fort Marcy!
Let the party begin! Cliff brought a basket full of Zwibbles to meet their new friends.
Mountain Kids and Zwibbles, united at last!
Releasing the butterflies;
a perfect gift for the Earth!
Happy birthday, Earth! Happy summer, everyone!
