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KROKA EXPEDITIONS 2008 WINTER – SPRING COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS
TRACKING AND WINTER WILDERNESS DAYS
Sunday, February 10 and Saturday, March 8, 9 AM –
4 PM
Ages 8 and up, families welcome.
Cost $15, 25, 35
Join Kroka teacher and naturalist Dan Simons on a snowshoe
track to look for moose, otter and snowshoe hare. Build a
snow shelter, bake bread on a stick over a campfire, sled
down the big hill, play games and experience the joys of winter
wilderness!
WINTER CAMPING JOURNEY. For students in
Grades 7 through High School
Section A: February 15 – 20; Cost: $300 - $500
Section B: February 23 – 26; Cost: $200 - $400
On this trip we will experience a traditional way of life
and travel in the winter wilderness, as generations of native
people, explorers, and trappers of a by gone era once did.
We will begin by meeting at our new Base Camp in Marlow, New
Hampshire. In the comfort and warmth of our lodge, we will
prepare for the trip, pack gear and go over what we need to
know to travel safely and comfortably in snow country. We
will ski and snowshoe through the forest and over frozen lakes
carrying our gear in packs and on toboggans. Establishing
our camp on a frozen beaver pond, we will set our canvas wall
tent and make a fragrant floor of fir boughs. We will cut
and split fire wood, chop a hole in the ice to get water and
finally set our meal to cook over the wood stove. At night,
the stars and the moon will illuminate the scene of a winter
paradise with ice crackling in the cold and snow blanketing
the firs. There will be stories, songs and great conversations
in our candle lit canvas wall tent. For the next few days
we will live in our new home in the woods, learning winter
camp craft, making snow shelters and practicing the ways of
people and animals in the winter. We will explore nearby mountains
and lakes, looking for beaver, coyote and moose. Sooner than
we will wish, it will be time to break camp and leave this
enchanted world behind.
WELCOME SPRING!
Saturday, April 5, 9 AM – 4 PM; Ages 8 and up, families
welcome.
Cost $15, 25, 35
Join Kroka teacher and naturalist Dan Simons, as he looks
for signs of spring through the forests, fields, streams and
marches of Kroka. Day will include fun games, seasonal activities
and fire cooked lunch.
FAMILY WHITE WATER
RAFTING and Scholarship Fundraiser
Saturday, April 26
All proceeds go to Kroka’s Summer Scholarship Fund.
Minimum suggested donation: $35/person, $25 for additional
children beyond the first child.
For twelve years, local and not-so-local families have been
coming to the West River with Kroka during the weekends in
September and April for an exciting rafting trip. The lower
run, from Jamaica to the Townshend Dam, is a great family
trip and is appropriate for ages 10 and up. The Class III
upper river is a true challenge, complete with a half-mile
carry down the face of the Ball Mountain Dam (ages 14 and
up). We encourage you and your family to join us for an unforgettable
day on the river while supporting a good cause!
ROCK CLIMBING WITH THE DAMMER AND LANDIS BROTHERS
Saturday, June 7, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Open to all students
and families
Cost: $15, $25, $35
We will have climbing for all ability levels. If there is
a lot of interest we will form two groups and climb at different
sites.
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, June 8, 10 AM - 3 PM
Come join us at our new Base camp to find out what Kroka is
all about. If you’ve heard about Kroka, and wondered
what it’s like here, this is your chance! Kroka staff
and semester students will lead games, activities, skill demonstrations
and mini workshops. We will treat our guests with a delicious
fire-cooked lunch.
VERMONT SEMESTER PERFORMANCE
Saturday, June 14
Join the Vermont Semester crew of 2008 as they recall their
journey through winter into spring by ski and canoe through
theatre and songs.
To register please call 603 835 9087 or email Misha at mgkroka@sover.net
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