Come share W&L and Lexington with your children and grandchildren in our special family-oriented campus program, built around amazing explorations and discoveries with the W&L faculty. Now in its eighth year, this program is specially designed for children ages 7-14, their parents and grandparents.Just 25 minutes from the famed Colonnade on W&L's campus, incredible adventures await you. Are you ready for an active treasure hunt in science and the outdoors? Grab your hiking shoes and notepad because the clues will be a challenge to find. Each one will lead you to the next exciting segment of our three-day adventure on and around campus. We'll hike in a towering forest of broadleaf trees searching for geocaches that will eventually lead you to a kayak. We'll then float down a river, researching rocks and river flow for hints to your next mission. Want to see how rivers erode bedrock in a cool science lab, then discover how it has actually happened on the river? Get ready for a picnic lunch on a rock that is more than a million years old! Another clue may be found on our high ropes course. It could lead you to a discovery of what makes a plant thrive in certain areas of our back campus, or it might help you investigate the critters that live in streams and rivers. Like bugs? We can find them and learn more about their habitat and why it is important to keep it healthy for them.If you're curious and love adventure, this is the program for you. We'll learn some basic outdoor skills, like knot-tying and how to read a map with a compass while out on one of our local river trails. Challenge yourself on our high ropes course, paddle a kayak (or ride a raft) on either the James or the Maury, and collect stories to tell your friends back home along with lots of useful knowledge for your next adventure.This program is directed by James Dick, Director of the W&L Outing Club. James will be joined by W&L professors Bill Hamilton, professor of biology, and David Harbor, professor of geology.
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