While other kids were mugging away in arid classrooms homeschoolers had themselves an adventure of sorts at the Lentang Recreational Forest off Karak Highway. It was a nice and breezy day and we had the river all to ourselves. That would have been impossible if it were the weekend where day trippers and gawkers would have put paid our little experiment. A ranger did stop by to ask what we were doing seeing the amount of bamboo trunks we hauled up to the riverbank.

The object of the excursion was a raft-building expedition that was part of the group’s project. Nothing fancy you know, just get the bamboo raft to float, and that’s it, they told me. Taking care of the project logistics was part of their project as well, and I thought they pretty much acquitted themselves. Lots of bamboo, lots of tools, lots of bread and dogs - marshmallow even!- way too much food too, lots of spunk. The kids were supposed to do all the work  but some of us couldn’t help but lend a hand, or more than just a hand. - You know moms and dads. Me, I put on my best imitation of the invisible man.  Nevertheless we all had a really good time. Now, the kids will have to figure out if they did
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