Jeff Shumway Dino Paleontology Sleepaway Camp for Adults

2026 Northern Hemisphere Winter Camp details:
Dates: July 13-20, 2026
Location: Cordova, Alaska

The Jeff Shumway Dino Paleontology Sleepaway Camp for Adults is Alaska's only dinosaur camp for adults. Join us in beautiful metropolitan Cordova, Alaska several times a year for fun, camaraderie, dino activities, and intriguing guest speakers. At camp you will learn the latest about paleontology and how dinosaurs continue to shape popular culture. As well, you will learn the secret truths about dinosaurs and history that the mainstream media are too afraid to cover. You will also make lifelong friends and maybe even relatives.

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Guest speakers

• Jeff Shumway
• "Rat" Peters
• Trevor Acorn
• Lammy Fink
• Melvin Pepper
• Kevin Freiherr von Thielmann
• Squirt Tellasana
• Kip Cricket
• "Appleseed" Martin
• Joe "Joe-mo sapien" Abbott
• Diamond_Dave
• Billy Cool
• Spike Svensson
• The Dinogician
• The Dinoboys (Gerald, Lamont, Wade)
• "Big Bottle" Bill Burton ("Big Bottle" refers to his reputed alcoholism, nothing else)
• Glenn Potter
• Dick Hoagland
• LouEllen the Hydro-Nymph

Activities

• Computer dino art
• Dinosaur education videos viewing parties (for example)
• Dino music
• Play Dino Crisis and Primal Rage on an authentic PSX console
• Race down main street
• Ask questions of dino spirits using dino ouija board
• Dig for dinos
• Build dinosaur skeletons from pasta
• Craft a paper plate dino
• Light the night with dino lanterns
• Dino beer
• Dino dating (simulated archaeological dating, not pg-13 dating)
• Dino hats
• Play with and race marbles that resemble the eyes of dinosaurs
• 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
• Watch birds at the Cordova Bird Sanctuary and partake in the Copper River Shorebird Festival (birds are modern dinos)
• Dino Tae Bo
• Contribute to the Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Life Collectibles Encyclopedia

Registration

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

All registrants receive a gift package with a

• Certificate of participation issued by Rat Peters
• RSVP certificate
• Book from gift store

Lodging

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 $44 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:

• The Candy
• The Evergreen Gables
• The Gem
• The Jet
• The Pine Lodge
• Super-Lodge Micromotel

Food

For general cuisine, we recommend:

• Copper River Brewing
• Jen's Pizzeria
• The free coffee at various establishments

Vegan and gluten-free food is rarely available.

Testimonials

• "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 accommodate the heftiest dino enthusiast. It's so cool sleeping inside a dinosaur!" - Lloyd Perkins
• "Gender ratio really good. So many females. 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, Kansas!" - Jerald Chan
• "Loved the complimentary map of the conference town!" - Garth Fowler
• "Growing up all I knew about dinosaurs came from the Flintstones. We'd watch it every night at bible camp. Our night pastor said the Flintstones was a scientific and Godly depiction of dinosaurs, what with dinosaurs living side-by-side with man, under man's dominion. But now, thanks to the Shumway camp, I know how wrong our night pastor was! Dinosaurs and men lived thousands of years apart! Plus any dino can kick any man's ass!" - Carson Yoder

And remember, we promise...

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