Tuesday 15 October 2019

Adventure Day Camp

On the school holidays Miss R got the chance to take part in an Adventure Day Camp, an event organised by the Autism Treehouse.  It's the first time we've attended any of their events and her paediatrician recommended them. 

 As soon as I read about this Day camp I KNEW my girl would want to go.  She loves this kind of thing, especially doing ropes courses and we were lucky there were still places left. 

Master M spent the day with a relative as this isn't something he would enjoy and he wouldn't have coped with a full day out watching his sister.  So he had a special day with my Uncle which meant Miss R and I could fully enjoy our day.

First up our group went to the archery range.




I know Miss R loved archery when she tried it on a school camp so she was pretty excited about doing it again.  

I had never tried it before and when they said that the parents and carers could have a go I jumped at the chance.  I can't believe how much I enjoyed it.  In fact I enjoyed it so much I'm looking into local archery ranges so I can have another go.




The next thing our group did was the Possum Launch or something along those lines.  It involved one child being hooked up and 10 children (huskies) being hooked up to the other end of the rope.  The faster the 10 kids ran up the track, the quicker and higher the child at the other end was launched into the air.






I'm glad I was on the ground but Miss R loved it.

The thing she loved most, by far, and what she waited until the end of the day for was the ropes course.  She LOVES doing these and has no fear of heights.

The ropes course starts off about ladder height and works it way between trees and platforms getting higher and higher as you continue on.





Eventually you reach the last platform where you get hooked onto a zipline and hurtle back to solid ground.  The next photo is probably my favourite photo of the whole day by far and not because it's spectacular or anything as it's not really.

I love the way my girl is standing.  She always stands in the 'stork' pose, especially when she's comfortable and here she is, high up in a tree on a tiny platform waiting for her turn on the zipline.   

She's standing casual in her stork pose and not even holding onto a rope while chatting to one of the crew helping the kids out for the day.  LOVE IT!






It really was a fantastic day and we weren't even at the car before she was asking when we could do it again so it looks like I'll be researching ropes courses around the area as well.

Have a great week everyone.

xx Susan



7 comments:

sustainablemum said...

What a fantastic place to spend the day! I used to work at centres like this and it always gave me huge satisfaction when children enjoyed themselves and had a good time. I hope you find somewhere you can do these things again.

Jules said...

What a fantastic day out and Miss R looks to be very relaxed and having a great time. X

jane said...

How wonderful; both for your daughter and you. It does you good to see it doing her good. I did a bit of archery once and it was quite fun. I'm not afraid of heights, just falling from heights LOL I hope you get the chance to go again. Best Jane x

Teresa Kasner said...

What an amazing opportunity for your daughter! You're lucky something like that is available for her to do, she's obviously a daring and brave young lady. Thanks for sharing the photos. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

sewing green lady said...

What a fantastic day, so glad your girl enjoyed it and I hope you get out to do it all again soon. x

Meg said...

This looks like a lot of fun! It's great when you can find something for children that matches their interests and brings them joy. My son loves climbing trees and so he's always on the lookout for "a good one" to get up into the branches. Meg:)

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