Moose Ridge Gathering
2021 Schedule
(subject to change)
Thursday July 29
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Arrive
Arrive at Moose Ridge and set up your camp. Watch a demonstration, mingle with other campers and instructors, or go for a walk on our trails.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner
We won't have a formal dinner time since many people will still be arriving and setting up camp. You may bring your own food or purchase a sandwich or snack from our kitchen.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Campfire
Gather around the fire and meet your instructors for the weekend as they tell you about their classes and answer your questions! (Bring a camp chair if you prefer not to sit on the ground)
Friday July 30
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Coffee and Tea will be available at the Camp Kitchen
Morning: choose one 3 hour class, or two 1.5 hour classes
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3 hour class block
Kids' Camp: Activity with Emilie Rigby
Shelter Building with Doug Householder
Intro to Trapping and Animal/Fur Processing with Reggie Read, Nelson Frost, & Brian Bernosky
9:00 AM - 10:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Navigation with Tony Pike
Fat Rendering & Salve Making with Kate Wentworth
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
1.5 hour class block
Traditional Corn Processing with Laura Wolfer
Ayurveda 1 with Becca Houghton
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Afternoon: choose one 3 hour class, or two 1.5 hour classes
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3 hour class block
Natural History Walk with Jonathan Shapiro
Flint Knapping with Tony Pike
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Kids' Camp: Forest Wands with Leah and Lainy
Homeopathy 1 with Marie Somers
Make a Fire Kit with Caelan Dunwoody
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
1.5 hour class block
Archery with Tim Swanson
Primitive Fire with Tim Mullen
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Hatchet Throwing Competition
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Campfire
Drum Circle with Leah Dunwoody
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Saturday July 31
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Coffee and Tea will be available at the Camp Kitchen
Morning: choose one 3 hour class, or two 1.5 hour classes
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3 hour class block
Kids' Camp: Activity with Emilie Rigby
Make a Farm Stool with Joshua Pavese (limit 5 individuals or families)
Cheese Making with Marie Somers
Willow Bark Baskets with Penny Hewitt (limit 10)
9:00 AM - 10:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Historical Campfire Cookery with Kevin Bouck
Knots for Homestead & Primitive Skills with Dave Boynton
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
1.5 hour class block
Water Purification in the Wild with Doug Householder
Tree Identification with Jonathan Shapiro
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Afternoon: choose one 3 hour class, or two 1.5 hour classes
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3 hour class block
Making Atlatls with Tony Pike
Wood Carving with Tim Swanson
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Kids' Camp: Rock Painting with Leah and Lainy
Bread Baking 1 with Daniela Connelly
Making Cordage with Doug Householder
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
1.5 hour class block
Homeopathy 2 with Marie Somers
Bread Baking 2 with Daniela Connelly
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Potluck Dinner
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Trade Blanket
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Campfire
Sunday August 1
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Coffee and Tea will be available at the Camp Kitchen
Morning: choose one 3 hour class, or two 1.5 hour classes
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3 hour class block
Wet Felting with Kristee Nichols (limit 10)
Wilderness Medicine with Dave Boynton
9:00 AM - 10:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Kids' Camp: Fairy Houses with Leah & Lainy
Ayurveda 2 with Becca Houghton
Animal Skulls with Jonathan Shapiro
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
1.5 hour class block
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk with Laura Wolfer
Bottle Nets with Caelan Dunwoody
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 AM - 3:30 PM
1.5 hour class block
Questions and Answers with Instructors
Finish Projects
Pack up Camp