Relatively busy weekend. Everyone should know by now what is happening so I'm not going to to rehash it here. I've heard from a couple of families that will not be able to attend to our events this weekend, but I expect to see everyone else. So, I'll see you this weekend.
I have only heard from two families about the Scout Night at the River Cats. Does anyone want to take advantage of this? Let me know.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Summer Camp paperwork has arrived
The leader guide and all the merit badge paperwork has been posted to the Camp Fleischmann web site. I have downlaoded it and will be reading it over soon. We'll put together a session to go over summer camp for everyone to answer any questions you may have.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Weekly meeting
Worked on some more of the Citizenship in the Community merit badge. A few of the boys won't be getting those items signed off however, unless they were able to hear everything over their talking to each other.
After that we learned how to lash a square lashing. Overall a good meeting.
After that we learned how to lash a square lashing. Overall a good meeting.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Canoe Trek postponed???
It looks like we will need to postpone the canoe outing currently scheduled for June 12-13. Trouble finding a camp ground among other items.
Our weekend
Two events on Saturday. The first was a flag ceremony for the Relay for Life. This is an annual fundraiser the the American Cancer Society. This took place at San Juan High School on their football field. Participants were to walk around the track portion for 24 hours to raise money. This is apparently the largest fundraiser in the world. Pretty neat to see all the tents set up for participants to use. The flag ceremony went well. We had 9 boys show up and that made me very happy.
Second was the day hike. Seven of the boys at the ceremony joined us for the day hike. I was a little disappointed that more didn't join us. The surprising thing to me was that I figured the hike would be made up of mostly our young scouts, but only two of the seven were from the Vikings or Flaming Monkeys. Those of us that did the hike had a good time. We hiked from Camp Pollock into Old Sacramento. This is roughly 4 1/2 miles. Then we participated in a scavenger hunt that took us to all corners of Old Sac. This scavenger hunt was designed by one the stores in Old Sac (trailmex.net - yes, that is the name of the store) and after completing it we were able to pick up a small gift item from their treasure chest.
After this the boys enjoyed one of the many candy stores down there and even purchased a couple of pieces. After hiking back to Camp Pollock we put roughly 10 miles on our shoes. Not a bad day.
I plan on doing this hike again in the near future so that everyone else can have the same opportunity. Next up though is another day hike. This one will be at Lake Berryessa. Come join me and lets see what we're made of.
Second was the day hike. Seven of the boys at the ceremony joined us for the day hike. I was a little disappointed that more didn't join us. The surprising thing to me was that I figured the hike would be made up of mostly our young scouts, but only two of the seven were from the Vikings or Flaming Monkeys. Those of us that did the hike had a good time. We hiked from Camp Pollock into Old Sacramento. This is roughly 4 1/2 miles. Then we participated in a scavenger hunt that took us to all corners of Old Sac. This scavenger hunt was designed by one the stores in Old Sac (trailmex.net - yes, that is the name of the store) and after completing it we were able to pick up a small gift item from their treasure chest.
After this the boys enjoyed one of the many candy stores down there and even purchased a couple of pieces. After hiking back to Camp Pollock we put roughly 10 miles on our shoes. Not a bad day.
I plan on doing this hike again in the near future so that everyone else can have the same opportunity. Next up though is another day hike. This one will be at Lake Berryessa. Come join me and lets see what we're made of.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Memorial Day weekend
A couple of big items taking place on Memorial Day weekend. First is the placing of crosses on the veterans gravesites at East Lawn Memorial. Second is the VFW parade on Memorial Day. Make sure you have these items on your calendars.
Outings changed and added
Our campout this weekend had to be canceled unfortunately. In its place we will be taking a day hike and doing a scanvenger hunt. Should be fun.
It looks like we will add an outing in June. We already have a canoe trek being planned, but not everyone in the troop will want or be able to attend. I am planning another day hike in the Lake Berryessa area for the same weekend as the canoe outing. A challenging hike that will have us on the trail for most of the day.
It looks like we will add an outing in June. We already have a canoe trek being planned, but not everyone in the troop will want or be able to attend. I am planning another day hike in the Lake Berryessa area for the same weekend as the canoe outing. A challenging hike that will have us on the trail for most of the day.
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