cool rockpaint

Two Pokey girls sit in what is always the coolest (in several respects) place in camp: 12 feet below ground level, at the bottom of the Biscuit Creek Falls pool. When it's 90 degrees in the middle of a sunny field not 200 yards away, it feels like 65 down here. A whole activity period, nothing to do but sit, talk, let the spray coat your face and arms with chilly Biscuit water, and...rockpaint. Look at the close-up and see that these two have gathered - and neatly set in a row - a series of differently colored variously textured stones. They are exploring the colors the stones make when you wet them and scratch them across the larger creek rocks. They've just begun to dab their faces. Yes, remember this? Natural facepainting! They've "discovered" it on their own.