I recently sat down with Big Brothers Big Sisters “little” and Opal Creek Expeditions veteran Tanna to talk with her about her experience in our partnership program last year and what it is that
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Writing from the Wilds Workshop
On July 18-20 Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center hosted “Writing from the Wilds,” a three day writing workshop for youth, facilitated by Portland based writer and owner of Breakerboy Communications, Dave Jarecki. Here are samples of participants’ writings from that time.
Home Again, Home Again
I’m back in the land of cell phone towers and speedy internet connections. I wrote this post last Friday in Jawbone, but was unable to upload it thanks to the weather and subsequent finicky web connection:
Silence Is…?
Sunday night, my eighth here in Jawbone this trip, I doubled what had previously been my longest stay. I still can’t decide if the silence is golden or deafening, it’s probably a bit of both, but there’s an incredible sense of tranquility here that I will have a hard time swapping out for the chaos of the city come Sunday.
The Water, Oh the Water
On Monday, Brian and I walked the flume line up to the intake to see what adjustments were needed to optimize power in camp.
Opal Creek Expeditions
Summer brings about a time of transition in programming around the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center. With students out of school for the summer, we no longer have whole classes participating in programs. Our time at Jawbone Flats is now filled with an increasing number of cabin rentals, adult and family workshops, and Opal Creek Expeditions. Opal Creek Expeditions allow individual participants to sign up for excursions based from Jawbone Flats, exploring both the Bull of the Woods and the Opal Creek Wildernesses.