Coastal Camp
By Andrew Jefferies
4th Grade, Bel-Aire School
Would you like to go on hikes to all sorts of crazy old bunkers and places like Pt. Bonita Lighthouse and Rodeo Beach eating yummy snacks like pizza bagels and tuna fish sandwiches along the way as you go? We hiked away on single track trails with beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay and beyond. We stop in the middle to have our delicious lunch prepared by the chefs at Coastal Camp.We learn about wildlife, plants and marine life; we study birds and look at them through binoculars. I learned that sea stars (starfish) do not have a mouth but have a hole in the bottom middle of their body that their stomach protrudes from and engulfs its prey with digestive juices, turning the prey into a slurpee soup-like food that it can consume. Now that’s amazing! Oh, and if you’re good, for dessert, you get a steaming hot chocolate chip cookie!