Gratitude for Another Awesome Day at the Park
Ta’Neill and I shared a canoe for the group canoe ride down the river at the end of a day full of activities. Although she was in the bow position of the canoe and I was in the stern position (the steering position), she did most of the work while I videotaped. She handled the boat like an expert. She has such poise at her young age.
The excitment of shooting a real gun hooked everyone it seemed to me (me included) and yet the tranquility of fishing and kayaking in the river and getting up close to nature with the camera were equally compelling to us all.
The experts John lined up yesterday for day two at Kickapoo (professionals from the DNR as well as volunteers) to teach us gun safety and shooting, photography, canoeing and kayaking, fishing and exploring in the river were excellent teachers. They were gentle and engaged and really know their stuff and how to teach it to others. I’ve learned new things and I look forward to teaching those things to my neighbor kids the next time I take them to Kickapoo. My father, who hunts and shoots at targets, will enjoy this website and the video of everyone in action.
We’ve started to create some educational videos with this project on gun safety, caneoing and river education and its so easy to do with the FLIP videos to capture the instruction. I wonder if the youth would be interested in making such videos for the website?
Day two at the park was perfect. I enjoyed being with everyone—youth and adults. I missed Aarian yesterday who overslept and missed his ride to the park. I hope to see him and the others on Tuesday when Michelle starts teaching them about making their PSAs.
I cannot adequately express how wonderful it is to work with these young people and every adult from our partner organizations. I am grateful!
1 Comments on "Gratitude for Another Awesome Day at the Park"
it was fun canoeing with you