BSA Scout Troop 22 At Klondike Derby 2018!

Several of our Troop 22 Scouts attended Klondike Derby 2018 in Cisco Grove, CA. Thankfully our Scouts were well prepared and were able to keep warm-n-toasty! For a few of them, this marked their first Klondike Derby. Awesome adventures for the win!

Many thanks go to our leadership and our parent volunteers, who left the comforts of home to help guide our Scouts. You are the best!

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Changes to meeting dates

We were planning on building our snow shoes this Monday, the 28th, and also the following Sunday, Jan. 3rd. We have decided to cancel these meetings altogether. We will now be building our snow shoes on the weekend of January 16th & 17th (if needed). More information will be forthcoming at our upcoming troop meetings. See you all there.

We went!

but didn't get to stay the night. We had been hearing about this massive stormfront moving in and how much rain it was going to dump and how windy it was going to get. The adults had coversed a few times about whether to pull the plug.

After setting up camp, which took far longer than it should have (many, many thanks to Mr. F for tamping down much of the campsite), we were having dinner. One of the boys had some very cold feet and wasn't doing so well. The other boys were great about saying they had this or that item of clothing they would be able to share to help this boy out, but after about 15 minutes of soul searching it was decided that it would be more prudent to break camp and head back home.

So we did. We got back into town around 11 pm. Even though it wasn't a complete outing, it was still successful. We learned plenty of things to better prepare us for the next time, which there will be.

We're going!

The weather took a turn for the better. I had decided to go up and have a day in the snow at least. Now it looks like we won't have any issues with too much snow bearing down on our tents. Some rain maybe, but that we can handle. I look forward to expanding not only my knowledge, but the boys as well to this new experience.

To cancel or not to cancel

I'm debating cancelling the snow camping this weekend. All the news reports say that another big storm is moving into the area and will dump a lot of wet on us. However, the NOAA web page says that it will snow, but I can't tell how much. Our tents can handle a light snow, but not anything over 1 inch or so (at least that's my guess, their 3 season tents). I don't want to put anybody into a bad situation. I also don't want to think we can do it and then have to abandon in the middle of the night. I'm leaning toward canceling.

Upcoming Snow Camping

We will be heading to the snow this weekend to try our hand at camping in the snow. We will be venturing to the Emigrant Gap area (Yuba Gap Sno-Park) and the boys will experience snow camping for the first time! We have Mr. D to thank for this. The snow park is owned and operated by the Thousand Trails organization. Mr. D has been a member for quite a few years and his membership gives us access to areas not open to the public.

We will also be holding a gear check on Friday at the VFW Post. Make sure you're there!