Swashbuckler Spring Break

March 26-April 1, 2010

Shiver me timbers, Spring Break is here! Come to Trout Lodge to enjoy a week of pirate fun and activities.

Take a ride on a pirate pontoon, create mermaid bubbles, learn to tie a pirate knot and more! You’ll have your sea legs ready by the time the week is through!

Friday
Make your own Pirate Treasure Map
Ahoy me hearty, come learn the secrets of makin’ ye own treasure map. Ye can bury ye own treasure and have a map to get back to it so no other scallywags will get to ye treasure!

Pirate Pontoon
Ahoy me hearty! It’s time t’ give those other pirates a taste o’ their own medicine, arrr! Set sail on a pirate pontoon and launch a full on water attack at the apposin’ team. A word of caution …. You are guaranteed to get wet and have barrels of fun! Space is limited
so please sign up early at the Country Store.

Evening Program
Campfire
There’s no campfire like a pirate campfire. Join us for captivating pirate stories, playful songs and tasty treats! We take it up a notch with a wickedly huge bonfire and all of ye campfire favorites. So come sing along with us and of course, everyone will get s’mores. After all, what would a pirate campfire be without a little sugar
rush to end the night?

Saturday
Mermaid Bubbles
Come ye all lads and lasses, lend yer hand in making the largest bubble ever! You be impressing those mer people and stunning yer mates. I be waiting for yer help.

Pirate Pontoon
Ahoy me hearty! It’s time t’ give those other pirates a taste o’ their own medicine, aarrr! Set sail on a pirate pontoon and launch a full on water attack at the apposin’ team. A word of caution …. You are guaranteed to get wet and have barrels of fun! Space is limited so please sign up early at the Country Store.

Tattoo Parlor
Country Store Patio
Arrrrgh meet our mates and join the pirate family by getting ye own mark. Get a tattoo or ye face painted to blend with the other swashbucklers walking around.

Make your own Treasure Chest
Stop hiding ye doubloons, pieces of eight, and jewels in ye shoes and under ye mattress. Make ye’ self a treasure chest worthy enough for pirate sailing the rough Sunnen seas with a real pirate.

Evening Program
Ghost Traveler
Dance the night away with Ghost Traveler at Trout Lodge. This versatile duo plays everything from pop to country to classic rock to blues, and is sure to entertain everyone.

Sunday
Geocaching Treasure Hunt
Geocaching be for landlubbers with GPS units. In addition to our regular courses, for this Sunday 28th only ye’ can do a special Treasure Hunt course. Ya’ must attend an orientation before getting GPS equipment from the front desk.

Story Time
Have ye ever wanted to become a pirate? Arrr! Come join our TL staff this Sunday 28th and find out what it takes as we read How I Became a Pirate. It will be a thrilling adventure ye won’t want to miss!

Evening Program
Capture the Black Pearl
Shiver me timbers! Two rival Pirate ships have come ashore for the sole purpose o’ stealing’ each other’s Jolly Roger…. Which team will capture the Jolly Roger first and make it back t’ their ship? Be careful not to be caught on the rivals land or will be held in their brig. Who will be known throughout the world as the fastest, meanest pirates on the Sunnen Sea?

Monday
Mermaid Bubbles
Come ye all lads and lasses, lend yer hand in making the largest bubble ever! You be impressing those mer people and stunning yer mates. I be waiting for yer help.

Parrot Making
Every sea dog needs ye own parrot. Join the TL staff in crafting ye own unique parrot to accompany ye on ye wild pirate adventures.

Evening Program
Pan for Treasure
Shiver me timbers! We discovered doubloons and pieces of eight scattered all over our shore! Come ye and all to pan for the rest of the treasure buried in the sand by moonlight.

Tuesday
Pirate Pontoon
Ahoy me hearty! It’s time t’ give those other pirates a taste o’ their own medicine, arrr! Set sail on a pirate pontoon and launch a full on water attack at the apposin’ team. A word of caution …. You are guaranteed to get wet and have barrels of fun! Space is limited so please sign up early at the Country Store.

Tattoo Parlor
Arrrrgh meet our mates and join the pirate family by getting ye own mark. Get a tattoo or ye face painted to blend with the other swashbucklers walking around.

Pirate Knots
Calling all aspiring swashbucklers! All pirates need to know the basic knots used to sail on t’ sea rovers. Learn from the best swashbuckler of them all first hand how to tie these knots.

Evening Program
Pirate Carnival
Come spend the Tuesday night with the Trout Lodge Program staff and enjoy many of t’ same games that past swashbucklers enjoyed while
spending nights on the sea rovers. Enjoy activities such as, musical islands, pirate wars, ping-pong blast, Billy Bone’s memory game, and drawing blindfolded. Fun all ‘round is guaranteed!

Wednesday
Ship in a Balloon
Every wanted to build a ship in a bottle. Well all landlubbers started first in building ships in balloons! Join a trained TL staff to introduce you in building ye first ship in a balloon.

Pirate Water Gun Battle
Ahoy me hearty! Think those pirates on the pontoons didn’t learn their lesson? Teach them again whose boss with a surprise water gun attack. A word of caution you are guaranteed to get wet and have barrels of fun.

Treasure Chest Making
Stop hiding ye doubloons, pieces of eight, and jewels in ye shoes and under ye mattress. Make ye’ self a treasure chest worthy enough for pirate sailing the rough Sunnen seas with a real pirate.

Evening Program
Treasure Hunt
Heave to me hearties! Search for a map that is hidden near the Sunnen Seas and follow it to a secret treasure. But be careful ye scallywags that hid this treasure made sure no other sea dogs would find their treasure unless a secret action was preformed.

Thursday
Make your own Pirate Treasure Map
Ahoy me hearty, come learn the secrets of makin’ ye own treasure map. Ye can bury ye own treasure and have a map to get back to it
so no other scallywags will get to ye treasure!

Ping-Pong Blast
Ahoy me hearty! Stop drinking your grog and get over here and play Ping-Pong Blast ‘cause it’s a BLAST! Be ye first pirate to knock all the balls off ye bottle with the water gun to survive to ye next round.

Evening Program
Pirate Scavenger Hunt
Break up into a few smaller groups of elite pirates and compete against each other to see which group can find the most items on the list, with picture proof, in the allotted time.