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Yellowstone Boot Camp Overview:
The 8th Grade Expedition “Boot Camp” is a day designed to bond our group of travelers together. Travelers will spend the day working in groups and “Trek Teams” to build and strengthen the network between them.
The Expedition experience is not just about taking a trip - it about carrying yourself with confidence as a traveler, being prepared and making the correct decisions, caring for self and others as a team, being present and mindful in the moment as a traveler, and reaching deep down for inner strength to overcome challenges that a traveler may face.
It is within ourselves and our bonds with our Expedition Team, Trek Teams, and roommates that we will find the strength, encouragement, support, and enthusiasm, to help us be successful on our trip and in the challenges of our futures. Lessons learned at Boot Camp will extend far beyond the Expedition.
Note: Travelers will be ready for their day as if this was an Expedition Day - packed, prepared and ready to go. This day will run RAIN OR SHINE
Schedule for the day: 5/18
8:00am - 8:15am - Arrive at Camp Squanto
Camp Squanto - 200 Cuttersfield Rd - Plymouth, MA
Myles Standish State Forest
>>See direction at the bottom of this page<<
-Takes about 45 min from Hingham
-Check-in with with chaperone team - receive materials for the day
8:30am - 9am - Welcome and Orientation
-Talk about history of location
-Discuss themes for the day
-Break into “Trek Teams”
9am - 11am - Break-out Groups I
Group 1 - Canoe/Waterfront Challenge
Group 2 - Group Hike - 5 mi
Group 3 - Target Practice and Wilderness Skills
11am - 1pm - Break-out Groups II
Group 1 - Target Practice and Wilderness Skills
Group 2 - Canoe/Waterfront Challenge
Group 3 - Group Hike - 5 mi
1pm - 2pm - Lunch Break - Bring your own lunch
-Come together as a big group and discuss
the morning activities
2pm - 4pm - Break-out Groups III
Group 1 - Group Hike - 5 mi
Group 2 - Target Practice and Wilderness Skills
Group 3 - Canoe/Waterfront Challenge
4pm - 4:15pm - Regroup and reconnect with the larger community
4:15pm - 5:15pm - B.A.S.E. Camp
-Solo experience and reflection time
5:30pm - 6:15pm - BBQ Dinner as a group
6:30 pm- Traveler Pick-up
NOTE - Expedition Boot Camp at Camp Squanto is a minimal CELL PHONE experience. Phones should be kept in backpacks until designated times in the day.
What to Bring:
-Day pack - preferably the pack you will carry on trip
-Filled Waterbottle
-BYO (healthy) Snacks and Lunch (peanut free, please)
-Sunscreen/bugspray
-Rain gear - raincoat/rain pants - there may be some rain
-Closed-Toe Shoes - preferably the shoes you will wear on trip
-Personal Medical Items - inhalers and epipens
-Full Change of clothes (in case you fall out of canoe)
Adventure Activities Description:
Trail Hiking- Travelers will do between 4-5 miles of hiking in Myles Standish State Forest in small groups with teacher leaders. Travelers will be carrying their packs and water bottles over varied hilly terrain.
Canoe/Waterfront - Travelers will lear basic canoe skills on the water. Pairs of travelers, within their Trek Teams, will be given instruction and an opportunity to practice their paddling techniques culminating with a time trial canoe course on the pond.
Target Practice/Wilderness Skills - Travelers will have a chance to relax after their higher activity sessions with a few rounds of axe throwing target practice. This activity is overseen by a certified coordinator from Camp Squanto. Additionally, Travelers will also be faced with the challenge of building a campfire as part of the thematic elements of the trip.
Dinner- Travelers will enjoy a full BBQ dinner with options of Chicken, Pork, or Vegetarian including sides. This will be a peanut free meal with gluten free and vegetarian optons cooked and served at Camp Squanto
Directions:
From Route 3 South, headed towards Cape Cod.
-Take Exit 13, Long Pond Road, and bear to the right at the end of the ramp.
-Follow for a bit more than 5 miles to the entrance to Miles Standish Forest on the right hand side.
-Enter the forest and and follow the road to the first fork and bear left, following the signs for Camp Squanto.
-Follow straight to a T intersection (Bridge closed warning sign) and bear left.
-Follow straight, continuing to follow the Squanto signs.
-Across from the Fearing Pond parking lot, take a right on to Cuttersfield Road.
-Follow to entrance of Camp Squanto.
-Park in the gravel lot and check in at the Campmaster's Cabin where you see the teacher team waiting
