2008 Rendezvous - May
24 - 26, 2008
Tours | User
Group Expo | Kids Camp | Camping | Live Music | Restoration Projects | Speakers
Nevada Outdoor School Presents: Kids Camp
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
9am-12: Lessons at Gerlach Community Center
- Ice Breakers/group challenges
- Water Rockets/Model Rocket
- Family Astro Games
- Native American Games
- Flubber
- Owl Pellets
12pm-1: Lunch at Gerlach Community Center
1pm-5: Field Trip to Fly Geyser
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
9am-12: Field Trip to Frog Pond
12pm-1: Picnic Lunch on Playa
1pm-5: Field Trip to Playa (rocket launches, land sailing, etc)
- Launch water rockets/model rockets
- Kites
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Saturday
9am Gerlach Community Center
Kids Camp 9-5 provided by Nevada Outdoor School and Sierra Nevada Journey’s
Registration
Welcome: Dave Cooper, NCA Manager
Overview of weekend
Upcoming training/volunteer events
Recap of last years volunteer efforts
safety
Lunch: provided by FBRHR
1pm - 5pm: afternoon tours
Guru Road
Fly Geyser
Petroglyphs
Black Rock Point
5 pm Cassidy Mine
5pm – 7pm: FBRHR annual meeting
7pm - 9pm: Chuck wagon dinner (provided by NOS)
Campfire: stories from the Emigrant trails by Chuck Dodd, OCTA
Late night: Movies on the playa | Sunday
7am - 5pm: from Cassidy Mine, Tours all day (choose 1)
Track 1: HISTORY
OCTA/Trails West
Track 2: PLAYA LAND USE
9 am Coyote Dunes/Nobles Trail - Metric
10 am Burning Man History - Michael Mikel
Burning Man Playa restoration - Metric
11 am AeroPac - Peter Clay
12 pm Desert Research Institute - Cory Jacobs
1 pm Stanford Bio Balloon Launch -
2 pm Landsailing - Brian Covey
3 pm "Winning of Barbara Worth" site - Metric
4 pm Guru Road - Metric
Track 3: GEOLOGY
Rockhounding
Petrified forest
Reno Gem and Mineral Society
Granite Range Glyphs
Track 4: HOT SPRINGS
Great Boiling Spring, Fly Ranch, Black Rock, Double Hot,
Frog Farm, Trego
Dinner: 6pm for Friends Members, with raffle
8pm- Bands: Albino, 10 Cent Lure
| Monday
10 am - 6 pm
Coyote Springs dune restoration project |
