In May, Lucy’s class went camping at Fort Stevens! This was hardly her first away-from-home experience, but it was the first with her Gardner friends, and she was super excited. And for good reason: this trip was really cool.

They threw paper airplanes off the top of the Astoria Column. They visited the Columbia River Maritime Museum. They built underwater robots. They toured a ship. They visited the wreck of the Peter Iredale.

Lucy was really proud of all her preparation. She leveraged all her traveling and Trackers skills to pack and prep, and borrowed Margaret’s hiking pack to get all of her stuff to her cabin.

Oh, and no parents were allowed to chaperone, which we’re sure changed the dynamic quite a bit. It looks from the photos like a really great trip: