9th – Bushwacking

The final HATS weekend before the Colorado, the 9th Grade Bushwhacking campout invites our daughters and sons to “Find Their Own Path” as they lead their dads on a trek through the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.  Using a map and compass, the daughters and sons lead their dads to the top of a peak with no specific instructions or marked path to guide them.

This campout is all about opening the channel of communication between the dad & daughter and dad & son on relationships. We start by spending Saturday in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge Mountains with the daughters or sons, compass in hand, leading their dads to a peak, making their own path. The only instruction for the day is, get us to the peak and back before dark. Many girls and boys come away saying, “All my life I’ve been told what path to take, and this is the first time I’ve been allowed to find my own way and make my own path… what an experience!” The theme of this weekend is, “Finding Your Own Path” in relationships using resources that are available to you just like having a compass and map when you are hiking. Sunday morning, the dads & daughters and dads & sons have an opportunity to start talking about what relationships mean and how to navigate through them.

All of our campouts are grade and gender specific. There are 2 – 3 dates avaliable for the daughters campouts – these campouts are the same but are on different dates to better fit your family calendar.