Bronze Expedition...

Last school year, Veronica begun working on her Bronze Award as part of the International Award (which started as the Duke of Edinburgh Award in England). There were several components to the award. For Service, she worked with the school’s environmental committee. For Skill, she started taking singing lessons. For Sport, she played Ultimate Frisbee. The last component was to plan an overnight backpacking trip. Here she is taking her backpack to school for inspection.

Here is the group of 15-year-old girls that journeyed to the woods of the Netherlands near the border with Belgium. They met up with an assessor when they started their hike and again when they hiked out, but otherwise were on their own.

We met Veronica at Den Haag Centraal when she returned from her 25K (15.5 miles) hike. She had a great time! It was quite an adventure, especially for the girls that had never even camped before.