As we get ready for our adventure to Keystone Science School, here is some helpful advice.

• The kiddos love to take pictures, I would suggest a disposable camera.  This way if it were to get dropped in the stream, roll down a mountain, fall out while hiking, there's no harm done.
• Try on all winter clothing first.  That way if you have grown, you have time to get new stuff and "break it in" before tromping around in the forest.  We do a bunch of walking and that's no fun if you have blisters from your new boots.
• 2 water bottles - you need to drink a lot of water.
• Sleeping bag and pillow in a garbage sack so they won't get dirty or wet while you carry them to the dorm.  Bring another sack for the trip home, sometimes the first one gets destroyed and we end up with lost and forgotten items.
• Put your name in your stuff so we know what belongs to whom.  There's nothing more embarrassing than having your dirty laundry waved around while looking for the owner.
• You have to carry what you pack, make sure you can.
• Pack everything on the list, there is a reason those items are on the list.
• Get ready to have fun and learn a bunch about wolves!  We have a great time and make many memories.  Yes, we come back exhausted but it's a fun exhausted.