Summer camp as close as Main Street
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Finding hidden treasure in Johnson Park is the big reward of Geocaching Camp at Marble Falls Public Library. Instructor for the event, Wendi Lews of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Pedernales Falls State Park looks on, right, as participants use a Global Positional Systems (GPS) to make their discoveries.
No need to pack a bag and write sad letters back home to attend summer camp. It is a close as Main Street in Marble Falls.
Registration is still open for Camp Share-a-Story, one in the series of Marble Falls Public Library Summer Camps to be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11.
“Our goal has been to make every summer camp fun while providing something kids age 8-12 can use,” said Misty Smith, youth librarian.
“I will be leading Camp Share-a-Story, but each child will bring a favorite book to share from,” she said. “It will be a little like camping out and sharing stories around the campfire and then, of course, there will be something to eat.”
“Last week, on July 21-22, we held the Geocaching Camp.”
Geocaching instruction was provided by Wendi Lews of the staff of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Pedernales Falls State Park.
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using Global Positional System (GPS)-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
“Our two-day camp focused on using GPS devices for locating caches set up at Johnson Park in Marble Falls,” said Smith. “It allowed both kids and adults to work together as a team. The geocachers not only learned how to read a GPS device, but also learned how to decrypt hints often left to help locate a cache.”
The camp next week on calligraphy, to be taught 10-11:30 a.m., by sign painter Patricia Rex, has already filled, but the first date in Aug. is still accepting participants.
Registration for the Summer Camp person must be done with a parent at the front desk of the library, located at 101 Main Street.
Books, Brains & Board Games is an every Tuesday event for school-age kids, who are invited to bring friends and board games to enjoy from 3-5 p.m. Preschool Story Time, designed for children age 3-6 years old, is at 10 a.m. on Mondays. Toddler Time for ages 18 months-36 months is 11 a.m. on Fridays and Mother Goose Time, ages birth-24 months, is 10 a.m. Friday, every month except August.
For more information, call Smith at 830-693-3023 or email msmith@burnetcountylibrary.org
