Sunday is the start of the geography camp at TxSU-SM. They do this every year - take a group of high school students (9th/10th graders) and spend a week with them, showing them college life and career possibilities. 2 years ago I was one of the teacher-leaders; this year I am taking 3 kids. The Geography Summer Academy for Minority Scholars (GeoSAMS) was originally funded (in 2002) by a grant from the National Geographic Society for the purpose of increasing the presence of people from underrepresented minority groups in the discipline of geography. It is now called the Summer Academy, and its lots of fun.
We are going to Bracken Cave, Hornsby Bend, Pedernales Falls, and Enchanted Rock, as well as learning about geocaching, and floating the San Marcos River. My favorite day trip will be the one to the 'new' gorge at Canyon lake, created in 2002 when the spillway overflowed.
It should be great fun.
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