August 11th - 12th:Camping Trip to the Sierra Nevada's and Tubing down the Kern River

We left the ocean behind us to explore inland! First stop was Red Rock Canyon State Park where we stopped for a quick picnic and a lesson in reading the geology of the brightly colored tilted and faulted cliffs. Then we hiked out to Fossil Falls and had a great time climbing around. We took the windy Sherman Pass Road up to Brush Creek Campground, meeting colorful locals on the way. Then in the morning, we all hopped in our inner tubes and bounced our way down the rapids of the upper Kern River!

August 1st:Trying out a Columbia 32

We're fortunate to have connections with local sailors who are willing to take us out on all kinds of boats, here our scouts get to try their hands at sailing a cool Columbia 32 thanks to Vince Valdez.

July 6th - 8th: Catalina Weekend Cruise

While our program vessel DARE is being retrofitted, we have a number of other boats to sail upon, one of which is our Skipper's personal schooner Lively. Though the waves were rough on the way over, a night on the town at Avalon made everyone chipper again!