Jeff Shumway Dino Paleontology Sleepaway Camp for Adults

2025 northern hemisphere summer camp details:
Dates: Spring/Summer 2025 (dates TBD)
Location: Cordova, Alaska

Race down main street
Dig for dinos
Build dinosaur skeletons from pasta
Create a dinosaur terrarium
Craft a paper plate dino
Light the night with dino lanterns
Dino beer
Play Dino Crisis on an authentic PSX console
Dino dating (simulated archaeological dating, not pg-13 dating)
Dino hats
Computer dino art
Dinosaur education videos viewing parties (for example)
Dino music
Marble racing
Birdwatching (birds are modern dinos)
Dino magic with the Dinogician
Sit on the dino bench
Meet the man who looks like The Baby from the hit TV show Dinosaurs
Dino tattoos
Shop at the Ace Hardware
Watch birds at the Cordova Bird Sanctuary and partake in the Copper River Shorebird Festival
Dino Tae Bo

$477 USD. Contact dinocampjeff@mailcan.com for payment options. Payment plans available. Interesting trades considered.

All registrants receive a gift package with a

Registration price secures a Dino Cot (a cot inserted into 1/4th scale papier-mâché dinosaur) in Cordova High School cafeteria.

For a special attendee rate of $680 dollars a night, you can rent the dinosaur house. Please bring an N95 mask as the interior is prone to mold.

Cordova is home to several 1-star motels you may wish to stay at:

Vegan and gluten-free food is rarely available. For general cuisine, we recommend:

"Jeff Shumway's payment plan was a great way to salvage my credit score. Just [redacted] payments, all made on time, and now I can rent an apartment again." - Elbert Abbott
"Big Bottle Bill can drink anyone under the table! That's one example of how the renowned guest speakers don't shy away from hanging out with attendees. Believe it or not, they act just like regular people." - Odis Meija
"You gotta hear Joemo Sapien's dinosaur impression!" - Kirk Morris
"The dino cots can accomodate the heftiest dino enthusiast. It's so cool sleeping inside a dinosaur!" - Lloyd Perkins
"Gender ratio really good. So many chicks. Billy Cool let me try to be his wingman!" - Raul Floyd
"All the guest speakers say the coolest shit about dinosaurs. Like facts and shit." - Olen Rivas
"p good" - Wilbur Jaramillo
"Loved making dinosaur art on the state of the art Amiga computers." - Mervin Roberson
"Compared to other adult dino sleepaway camps, this one is light on the egghead bullshit ('science') and heavy on the childhood nostalgia." - Johnnie Buchanan
"The venue toilets always do the job." - Lucio Petersen
"Love the super simple code of conduct that they admit they lifted from Bill and Ted: 'Be excellent to one another.'" - Neil Clements
"Best dino event since the 1997 Dinosaurs TV show convention in Ashland, Kanas!" - Jerald Chan
"Loved the complimentary map of the conference town!" - Garth Fowler

The organizers of the Jeff Shumway Dino Paleontology Sleepaway Camp for Adults always have dinos on their mind!