Upcoming activity

Here is what lies ahead for Troop 22:

November 5th (Saturday) - Scouting for food
November 11th (Friday) - Veterans Day Parade
November 19th (Saturday) - Rock Climbing at Sacramento Pipeworks

Summer Campers are there

9 youth and 3 adults ended up making the trip to Camp Fleischmann.  They got camp set up really quickly.  Temperature was nice, not too hot.  I guess it's been a little cooler this year when compared to the recent past.  Hopefully it will stay that way.

We are occupying a new campsite this year.  It's lakeside and looks to be well shaded in the afternoons.  That will be a nice respite from any heat that may come up.

I hope the week goes well for all attending and can't wait to hear the stories.

Summer Camp

For the last 8 years or so we have camped at Camp Fleischmann for our long term summer camping.  Should we be visiting other camps periodically?  I worry that the boys may be missing out on different experiences.  Each camp offers their own brand of lunacy along with different merit badges and opportunities.  I love Camp Fleischmann and would be very happy to go back there each and every year, but I have very fond memories of camping at Camp Winton as a boy.  Your thoughts?

Jan. 10 Rock Climbing

The 3 muskateers (R, D & G) came down to Sacramento Pipeworks to do some rock climbing. We had a good time again, and I found out that you don't have to be at least 14 to belay! It is a judgement call to the employees at the facility, but those boys that they feel can handle it will be able to help out when we visit in the future. We'll come back again shortly and do some more climbing.

Rock Climbing

8 boys (7 of ours and 1 from another Troop) joined us at Sacramento Pipeworks for a couple of hours of climbing. A couple of the boys were a little scared/nervous about it, but we were able to get everybody on a wall. Hopefully next time, we can get those boys to climb a little higher.

Rock Climbing this Saturday

We head to Sacramento Pipeworks this Saturday for some rock climbing. If you haven't turned in you waiver, bring it Saturday or you won't be allowed to climb. We will be there from 4pm to 6pm. Maybe we can do something for dinner after.

I didn't fall!

That would have been a bad thing, trust me. I have returned from my rock climbing training class. It was a lot of fun. I learned a lot. Mostly that I don't know very much about it. But, I am confident that with the help of an experienced climber, or another troop that has experience, we will be hitting the rocks really soon. I am hopeful that sometime after our Spring Camporee we will make our first foray up an inclined slope using rope to protect us. Good times, good times.

Another training class

I leave today to take another training class. This one is to learn how to set up a safe environment for rock climbing. I was inspired to do this after earning my Joe Climber knot at summer camp this year. The knot is for doing the items required to earn the Climbing Merit Badge, but since I'm an adult and can't earn the badge, they give you a knot to show you did too! Pretty cool. Anyway, I had a lot of fun doing it. It is very challenging and can teach you something about yourself. I want our boys to be able to have this opportunity, so here I go. Troop 22 can look forward to venturing out and climbing some real rocks shortly.