Bold In The Backcountry | Schedule and Sample Itinerary
Grades 3-5* | 5 Day Camp | Monday-Friday | 8:30-3:00PM
*based on participant’s grade in Fall 2025
Location
Monday-Friday Drop-off/Pick-up | Fairhaven Park
Monday & Friday | Take Wild Whatcom bus for a day at Clayton Beach via Lost Lake Parking Lot (relocated from Larrabee State Park due to swimming advisory in Wildcat Cove).
Sample Itinerary
Activities may vary depending on participant interests and variable safety considerations (i.e. weather, preparedness, support needs)
8:30-8:45: Flexible Drop Off
Play game while waiting for participants to arrive
8:45-9:30: Opening Circle
Introductions: Share names and pronouns (optional)
Cover physical and heart safety
Land Acknowledgment
Share plan for the day
9:30-9:45: Game Break: Fox Tails
9:45-10:00: Snack Break
10:00-10:30: Intro to Survival - Shelter, Water, Food, Emotional Well-being
Prioritize most urgent first - STOP (Stop, Think, Observe, Plan)
Scenarios: Read through/act out real wilderness scenarios and determine order of importance (shelter, water, food, emotional well-being)
10:30-11:30: Intro to Shelters
Tents, tarp shelters, debris shelters: Compare
Tent set-up: Learn together, then tent set-up relay race!
Tarp Shelters: Shelter shapes, knots, practice
11:30-12:00: Lunch
12:00-12:15: Game Break: Stick Stick
12:15-1:15: Honorable Harvest
Tenets
Edible and Medicinal Plant ID
1:15-2:15: Free Explore/Practice Shelters
2:15-2:45: Peaceful Place
Journaling
2:45-3:00: Closing Circle
Preview of next day
Attitude of gratitude - What are you thankful for from our time together?