Family Learning Adventures 2012

• Tall Trees and Tall Tales - June 8-10
• Adopt a Park - July 2-6
• Olympic By Foot - July 16-20
• The Amazing Elwha River Story - July 23-27 and September 21-23
• Wild and Wonderful Food - October 12-14

Tall Trees and Tall Tales

June 8-10
$150/child; $200/adult (includes education, meals, and lodging)

Discover the beauty and quiet of the old growth temperate rainforest with your family. Spend a weekend at NatureBridge in Olympic National Park learning about the giant trees we have here in Washington and the critters and plants that share their domain.   You and your family will hike on Barnes Point looking for wild edibles, ply the waters of Lake Crescent in our 34-foot canoes, make leaf rubbings, practice yoga and relax by the clear blue waters of Lake Crescent.  If you love learning about your plant and animal neighbors, this is the family weekend for you!

Tuition includes meals, lodging and all educational experiences. Your family will enjoy healthy and hearty meals with vegetarian options served in historic Rosemary Inn. You will stay in a room with your family in our cabins with shared bathrooms. Upgrades to our historic and lakeside cabins are available.

Register now!

Adopt a Park

July 2-6 
$300/child; $400/adult (includes education, meals, and lodging)

What better way to celebrate the birth of the United States than to help make our national parks better!  Join us in Olympic National Park for a truly American celebration this 4^th of July. Your family will have a chance to learn about Olympic National Park as well as do some service projects for the park, remove invasive species, and do monitoring on the Elwha River

We also have a fabulous 4^th of July celebration in store.  Enjoy a homemade picnic dinner and watch the fireworks from the beach in Port Angeles. Your family can also canoe, do yoga, indulge in your creative side, enjoy a campfire, and, of course, relax on the shores of Lake Crescent. 

Tuition includes meals, lodging, and all educational experiences. Your family will enjoy healthy and hearty meals with vegetarian options served in historic Rosemary Inn. You will stay in a room with your family in our cabins with shared bathrooms. Upgrades to our historic and lakeside cabins are available.

Register now!

Olympic By Foot 

July 16-20
$300/child; $400/adult (includes education, meals, and lodging)

Calling all families who enjoy hiking! Join NatureBridge for a week of exploring the Olympic Mountains by foot. You'll hike in the three major ecosystems in Olympic National Park – forest, subalpine, and marine - and learn about what makes this place so unique. You and your family will also have the opportunity to canoe, do yoga, enjoy a campfire, and, of course, relax on the shores of Lake Crescent. 

Special note: You do not have to be an expert hiker to participate in this program. However, most days you will be hiking five miles or more over a variety of terrain including pretty steep uphill. This program is not suitable for very small kids.

Tuition includes meals, lodging, and all educational experiences. Your family will enjoy healthy and hearty meals with vegetarian options served in historic Rosemary Inn. You will stay in a room with your family in our cabins with shared bathrooms. Upgrades to our historic and lakeside cabins are available.

Register now!

The Amazing Elwha River Story:  Making Conservation History  

July 23-27
$350/child; $450/adult (includes education, river rafting, meals, and lodging)

September 21-23
$200/child; $250/adult (includes education, river rafting, meals, and lodging)

Indulge your inner scientist and your sense of adventure!  Come to Olympic National Park to study the Elwha River.  We are documenting and studying the removal of the two Elwha River dams – an historic event!  The Elwha River is the largest river on the peninsula and historically had the largest salmon runs until it was dammed in the early 1900s.  Now, 100 years later, the dams are being removed and the salmon will return to their original habitat. In this family vacation, you will have a chance to see the dams as they are coming down and learn about the dams from a historic, cultural, and scientific perspective.  You and your family will participate in a rafting trip down the Elwha, conduct scientific experiments in the Elwha River ecosystem, tour the lower Elwha River and its dams, as well as spend time relaxing on the beautiful shores of Lake Crescent.   

Tuition includes meals, river rafting, lodging, and all educational experiences. Your family will enjoy healthy and hearty meals with vegetarian options served in historic Rosemary Inn. You will stay in a room with your family in our cabins with shared bathrooms. Upgrades to our historic and lakeside cabins are available. 

**Note: Children must be 5 years or older to go on the rafting trip.

Register now for July 23-27!

Register now for September 21-23!

Wild and Wonderful Food

October 12-14
$200/child; $250/adult (includes education, meals, and lodging)

Join us in celebrating the wonders of food!  Good food has caught the attention of Americans. Now more than ever we are taking the time to learn about where our food comes from and how it made its way to our tables. Throughout the weekend you will eat delicous food, spend time in the forest discovering what edible bounty you can find in the wild, as well as spending time on a local organic farm and learning about how farmers produce food. 

You and your family can also canoe, do yoga, indulge in your creative side, enjoy a campfire, and, of course, relax on the shores of Lake Crescent. 

Tuition includes meals, lodging, and all educational experiences. Your family will enjoy healthy and hearty meals with vegetarian options served in historic Rosemary Inn. You will stay in a room with your family in our cabins with shared bathrooms. Upgrades to our historic and lakeside cabins are available.

Register now!