Another reason for those permits...

...is so that when you arrive at your campsite, and there is somebody laying claim to your site because they have been sitting there reserving it since dawn and tell you that you will just have to find another spot, and then tell you to call the Park Ranger because you disagree with them, you can show your permit to the Park Ranger and he will ask THEM to leave. Sweet.

2010 Scout Jamboree

Are you planning on attending the 2010 National Scout Jamboree? Are you not sure if it is for you? The kickoff meeting September 20 will answer your questions. This Jamboree is the celebration of the 100 year anniversary of Scouting in the United States. The meeting is at Edwards Harris, Jr. Middle School, 8691 Power Inn Road, Elk Grove, 95624. I have linked a map to this location in the Useful Scout Links section of this site. See below and to the right. The meeting starts at 9am. Stop in and see what all the excitement is about!

Camping this weekend

We have an outing this weekend at Gibson Ranch. We're going to work on gateways, cooking and stargazing. But the real reason for this outing is to play capture the flag under the light of the moon! I'll let you know how it went next week.

The wind up, and the pitch...

Our last meeting was a bunch of fun. We took it easy and pitched horseshoes. There was much laughter heard from each of the pits as many of the boys had never thrown a horseshoe before. It took a little time for them to figure out where to release, and how hard to throw it. Me thinks we need to work on this some more...

We also had another scout move up in rank. S advanced to 2nd class. Congratulations! He isn't very far from 1st class as well. Keep up the good work.

Canoe trekking

Well the day came and we went on our canoe adventure. We had 11 boys and 5 adults. It was a hot day and we all seemed to have a good time, even those of us that got pretty good sunburns. We did 12 miles on the Feather River. It is an interesting river. Extremely shallow at points and then deep enough that you can't see the bottom in an instant.

We were able to find a nice little spot to stop for lunch and some frolicking in the water. All in all, a good day. When I got some pictures, I'll post them.

Has it really been that long?

Man, when you don't have time to do something, time really passes. Sorry for the lack of posts here recently. We have had some good meetings the last couple of weeks. The boys have been working together pretty good. Hopefully we can keep it up and it will show itself at the Fall Camporee in late September.

We go on our canoe trek this coming Sunday. Hopefully it won't get to be too hot, but I'm sure it will be fun either way. I'll be sure to post how it all went next week.

Short but sweet for now. I still don't have a bunch of time to sit at the computer.

July 28 meeting

It's early I know, but I hope this proves useful in the long run. I've been laid up with a nasty pinched nerve in my back and haven't been able to do much here recently. I've made some additions to the links and calendar on the right side. Please leave comments, or shoot an email to let me know what you think.

Last Monday at our meeting we had an array of good things going on. We had two boys advance to their next rank! D earned his First Class Scout rank and G earned his Second Class Scout rank. Congratulations to both of you!

We began the meeting by reviewing canoeing techniques. Mr. F. had the boys sit in chairs positioned as the seats in a canoe and had them work on different strokes for maneuvering. I think the boys now have a little bit better understanding of what to do the next time we are on the water. Which by the way is on Sunday, August 10 for our next practice session at Lake Natoma.

After this practice session and while the Boards of Review were going on, we had the boys that have already earned their Fireman Chit teach those boys that don't have it. At our next meeting we should have three more scouts prepared to start, maintain, and douse a fire.

That's all for now.