Week in Ithaca

Outdoor Survival Camp looked like a great experience for the kids. Our plan was to rent a house for a week in Ithaca and send the boys to camp at the Cayuga Nature Center. We rented a house just down the street from the high school and a bus stop to take the kids to the camp. They built shelters, played in the tree house, collected edible plants (though my kids didn't actually taste any of them!). They went swimming most days in a lake at Taughannock State Park. On the last day they had a campfire and made banana boats which consists of bananas, marshmellows and chocolate wrapped in aluminum foil and toasted over the fire.

Saturday we traveled to Ithaca--Dave by bike and the rest of us by car. Grandma and Grandpa joined us for a couple of days. In the afternoon we got to see a puppet show at the library. On Sunday we went swimming at Treman Falls State Park.

During the week while the kids were enjoying camp, we did our own activities. On Monday we saw the Cornell Plantations with my parents. Tuesday Dave had to go to a meeting in Binghamton, so we swam in the hotel pool and went to the Ithaca ScienCenter with Grandma and Grandpa before saying goodbye to them. Wednesday we saw the campus art museum and walked to Ithaca Falls. On Thursday, we took a sailing lesson on a big sailboat, and Fridaywe went on a bike ride on a paved recreation path with Laura. Dave and I took turns taking morning bike rides, and on one of my rides, I discovered a great playground at Fall Creek Elementary School. Saturday we packed up, walked to Ithaca Falls and met Rowena and her friend at the Ithaca ScienCenter.