Summer 2021 Hopes

Dragon's Eye Adventures will offer five adventures this summer.

Details about each week will be coming, along with the Summer 2021 newsletter. Registration by email is now open, with paperwork coming within the next few days!

Dragon's Eye is moving to Freeport, to join the wonderful slate of summer offerings by RSU5 Community Programs. We will be holding our adventures at the Freeport Middle School.

The space there is wonderful -- we have a quiet wing to ourselves, with access to trails, the fields, and a sweet little pond. The hallways are perfect for our sneaking games, and we have enough space to spread out during these challenging times!

Masks and social distancing will be required, along with temperature checks. I will be sending more information about this as we get closer to the summer, since the CDC guidelines are changing.

Our games will adapt to the guidelines, too. I have never been more grateful for the ability to adapt to creative challenges! Some of our favorite games with yarnballs will have to shift, but our basic sneak should be intact. Those floating eyeballs zap from a distance already!

Details about the weeks are on the Current Programs tab. Our prices have had to increase, thanks to the extra expenses that social distancing and a new location bring. Some scholarships are available to assist with the fees.

Summer 2017 Session I: Midcoast Trolls

"Midcoast Trolls" by R. L. McNulty, 2017

The first session of the Summer 2017 season features a new adventure inspired by last year's troll mystery. My photographic explorations of trolls in the Midcoast area convinced me that trolls are not confined to Scandinavian shores. This was further confirmed by the father-daughter team of troll experts, Bradford and Ingrid Bowman, who shared their theories about troll migrations to Maine.

The result: Session I, "Midcoast Trolls," July 3 thru 7 (closed on July 4), a 4-day mystery for ages 6 to 9.

In this new adventure, two troll friends return to ask the Detectives for help finding their long-lost cousin, a sea troll last seen wading off the coast of Norway. The clues lead back to the shores of Maine, where the Detectives discover that trolls have been immigrating to the US for centuries. Let’s hope they’re all friendly. And vegetarian. And while we’re wishing, let’s hope they’re all friends of dragons.

Our projects include Tomtes and sea troll slime. One can’t have enough troll slime.

Summer 2016 Update

Dragon's Eye Adventures
Micron pen and colored pencil
RL McNulty 2016

Dragon's Eye Adventures offers summer mystery programs for the young detective mage. Our wizardly detectives solve mysteries of the mythical variety, the kind that might concern dragons.

There is still room in four of our adventures:

Session III: July 18-22  The Shackles of Truth (Ages 9-12)

Session IV: July 25-29  The Moon Rabbits (Ages 9-12)

Session V: Aug. 1-5  The Book of Dragons (Ages 12-16)

Session VI: Aug 8-12  The Well of Destiny (Ages 12-16)

Click on the links for more information about each week.

Dragon Sighting at the Landing Y

Dragons have been spotted circling the Landing YMCA at the old base in Brunswick. Naturally, I had to investigate. I visited the Y and talked with the great folks there, and sure enough, there's a room full of dragonmages there!

Or at least, there will be!

Dragon's Eye is moving to the Landing Y in Brunswick this summer.

The Y is the new branch of the Bath YMCA. It's located at 24 Venture Ave. on the old navy base, right next to Brunswick Recreation Department.

We'll have a wonderful room large enough for sneaking games, art activities and a briefing zone. Parking is plentiful and the building is wheelchair accessible. The room's size will allow for fifteen detectives -- which means a second teacher will be joining me full time.

We'll have access to the gym on occasion, and quiet spaces to sneak. There are plenty of trails and opens spaces to find this summer. I'm hoping that we will be able to have the sprinklers going on hot days, too -- so plenty of reasons to celebrate the move!

Summer 2015 Update

A Visiting Ravenmage

There is still room in four of the five sessions being held this summer on the Bowdoin campus.

Session IA (July 13-17) is "Black Skystone of Doom" -- a mystery for ages 6 to 9 (entering 1st grade to 4th grade). A visit to the dinosaur stomping grounds has its challenges, as the Detectives race against time to save the world from impending doom.

Session II (July 20-24) is "Pepper's Ghost" for ages 9 to 12. We'll be making ghosts appear and disappear all week as the Detectives sort the illusions from the reality.

Session III (July 27-31) is "The Wind Horse" for ages 9 to 12. The elusive horses of the indigo fields lead the Detectives into the shamanic lands of Mongolian myth.

Session IV (Aug 3-7) is "Jewel of the Dragon's Eye" for ages 11 to 16. A thief sneaks into Mt. Draig to steal the jewel of the dragon's eye, the source of the magic used in our stories. Will the Detectives return the jewel to the dragons or will the Starbowl's powers fizzle?

Black Skystone of Doom -- Second Week for Ages 6 - 9

The Riddle Ravelers face Freezing Ice Spells,
otherwise known as incoming yarnballs

Dragon's Eye Adventures is adding one more week to the Summer 2015 programs. This is an additional adventures for ages 6 to 9. Here is a brief summary of the week:

Session IA:  July 13 – 17 Black Skystone of Doom

A paleontologist leads the Detectives on a romp through the prehistoric swamps of the Atrocious Period. This little-known time of the dinosaurs holds a secret that may save the world from a meteor headed its way, if the Detectives can avoid the minions of Humongasaura Regina, the self-proclaimed Queen of the Dinosaurs.

Summer 2015 Programs

The Summer 2015 programs and registration forms are posted on the Current Programs tab.

Maybe it's the long winter that has inspired our first adventure of the summer. The youngest detectives (ages 6 -9) and I will be venturing into the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum for a mystery combining arctic myth and local history.

The second and third sessions are for ages 9 - 12. The first of the two adventures delves into the strange history of a stage illusion known as Pepper's Ghost. I have, naturally, made it even stranger, once again combining truth and fiction into an engaging story.

The second of the two adventures for ages 9 - 12 is the third brand-new adventure of the summer. This one takes the Detectives back to the time of the Mongolian empire, for a wonderful romp with wild horses.

The fourth session of the summer features something new for Dragon's Eye Adventures: An advanced mystery for the experienced adventurer, ages 11 to 16. New detectives may come up to speed through an 8 AM meeting with Rebecca on the first day. Our theme dives into the dragon myths behind the Dragon's Eye Detectives Agency, with a visit to Mt. Draig.