The kids were excited as they crossed the river to meet Dave at the campfire. Since Thanksgiving was coming up this week, Dave had promised them a Thanksgiving treat! They could hardly wait; they wondered if they were going to have turkey cooked over the campfire or maybe a pumpkin pie baked in the great […]
Author: Dave Kipp
10. Stargazing
On night when the kids went to meet with Dave, there was no campfire! Dave was sitting in the dark. The kids asked if he was out of firewood or out of matches. Dave told them that he had firewood and matches, but he did not want a fire that night because it was a […]
9. Orienteering
At the next campfire meeting, Dave had a small table by the campfire with two things on it. The kids saw that the things were a piece of paper, and a plastic device with a round dial on it. The kids were curious and asked Dave what the things on the table were. Dave told […]
8. Nature Hike – Summer
It was a cold night around the campfire. It was a good night to talk about summer. Dave told the kids that summer was his favorite time of the year. Summer is exciting because everything in nature is growing toward maturity. Plants that poke through the dead leaves on the ground in the spring will […]
7. Nature Hike – Spring
The kids could hardly wait for the next campfire story because it was going to be about taking a nature hike in the spring. Spring is an exciting time, and the kids want to hear what happens in the woods in the spring. They were not disappointed! Dave put another log on the fire, then […]
6. Nature Hike – Winter
The next time the kids came to Dave’s campfire, it was a cold night. The kids were shivering when they came to the campfire, and they were glad to get warm. Dave said that the cold weather was good because tonight they were going to talk about taking a nature hike in the winter. Hiking […]
4. Nature Hike – Fall
One night around the fire, Dave told the kids that he was going to tell them about nature hikes. The kids rolled their eyes and groaned! Nature hikes sounded boring to them. Dave told them that they were wrong, nature hikes can be very interesting. When a person takes a walk through the woods, they […]
4. Crafts
One night when the kids came to Dave’s campfire, they found that he was taking small pieces of sticks and weaving string around them so that they were in the shape of a cross. They asked Dave what he was doing, and he said that he was making cross necklaces to give to some of […]
3. Bike Trip
The next time the kids came to Dave’s campfire, he was ready with another story. This time the story was about a time when they went on a bike trip to a campground by a lake. The trip should have been about 42 miles long, but it did not turn out that way! They thought […]
2. Archery
A few nights later, the kids looked across the river and saw Dave’s campfire again. So, they got their rowboat and crossed the river so that they could hear another campfire story from Dave. Dave welcomed the kids and asked them if they knew what archery was. One of the kids answered and said that […]