Hiking at CRNRA Gold branch Unit with kids from the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

This Sunday, Atlanta ICO joined with IRC to take a new group of kids hiking at the Gold Branch unit of the CRNRA.  It was a little cold and windy out but it was a clear blue sky day.  We ate lunch by the river, stopped to stare at a deer on the other side of the river, and had a great time learning new words from the different countries that the kids are from.

ICO and Warren B&G Club Visit Tellus Museum

On Saturday November 7, Atlanta ICO took a group of kids from the Warren Boys and Girls club to Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, GA.  The non-stop Georgia rain forced us to cancel the weekend camping trip and spend the day indoors.  We checked out the Weinman Mineral Gallery, the Fossil Gallery, and the Science in Motion exhibits.

 The kids also had fun playing with the hands-on inventions in the Collins Family My Big Back yard exhibit.  And last but not least, we watched the Night Sky in the Bentley Planetarium.
Pictures to the left show the kids viewing some of the exhibits.

After leaving the museum, we headed over to the Etowah Indians Mounds Historic Site to look at some of the artifacts.  It was a good day - especially to get out but not get wet in the rain.

Atlanta ICO at Sierra Club Retreat - Crooked River State Park and Cumberland Island

 The Worley Brown kids got to attend the Sierra Club Georgia Chapter retreat this year thanks to Kim Salazar and Brenda Potter of Fiserv.  This is our group shot in from of the sign before jumping on the boat for Cumberland Island

 This is a shot of the kids hanging out after hiking down to the Dungeness ruins.  Someone told us there were some horse in the back so we headed back.  Later that day as we hiked back towards the beach, we came head to head with an expecting mother horse and one of her young.  We moved over to let the two pass.  The kids went wild.

Campfire later that night after dinner and the banquet.  There is always room for marsh-mellows.