Camp Loll

What a great Summer Camp at Camp Loll. Our troop had a great time together. We were successful in many things, such as merit badges, inspections, attendance at flag ceremonies and campfires and participation in events to earn beads. But the best thing we did was be best friends and lived the scout law and oath. We made great memories hiking to Union Falls and Scout Pool, where everyone made it the 20 miles. Most of us froze in Polar Bear Springs, while 2nd year campers went repelling off a 70 foot rock. This was the 49th anniversary of Camp Loll and next year will be the 50th! We made our scout master sign up for next year so we could be a part of the Camp Loll tradition.

Friday, June 27, 2008 Lewis Peak camp out and hike

We camped at the trail head to Lewis Peak at North Ogden Divide. Each scout brought their own supper while our scout master made cinnamon rolls in his two dutch ovens. We camped under the power lines and was hiking by 7:20 Saturday morning. Most of us made it to the peak by 10:30. It was 5 1/2 miles in. The wind was blowing lightly to keep things cool. The catipillers were all over the place and the spring wild flowers were beautiful. We took a couple snap shots of the beautiful view of the Ogden area, ate some snacks, then headed back. We had a quick lunch of submarine sandwiches and were home by 2:00 p.m. The scouts had fun and did something most people in the valley never do - hike to a beautiful peak above Ogden valley.

Spring Campout To Anderson Cove

Well, we finally got camping this spring
with a overnight campout to Anderson Cove.




We camped on the east side, which is fairly primitive. It rained a little and the scouts spent the evening playing by the lake. We made our own suppers, if you call Subway making your own supper.



Our scoutmaster brought up some extra steaks and shared them with us. For some, it was a first steak in this life! He also made dutch oven cinnamon rolls with white frosting. What a guy! Norm Young and Ryan Harris were nice enough to spend the evening camping, while Julie Young secured the campground with the Webelos Scouts soaking in the rain most of the day.




The sunset was beautiful, along with the morning sunrise. Several scouts spent the morning swimming in the lake.

Court of Honor - May 13, 2008

June 2008 Newsletter

We had a court of honor at our scout master's home in May. Many rank advancement and merit badges were awarded. Congratulations to all!!!!

Life Saving and Swimming Merit Badges - Tyson Banner, Patrik Drean, Corey Felix, Rhett Harris, Moab Schiers, Noah Schiers, Connor Wright, Landon Young.

Also, the following received additional merit badges:

Rhett Harris - Bird Study, Energy, Fingerprinting, Genealogy, Landscape Architecture, Photography, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World - 10 in all!!!!

Connor Wright - Bird Study, Energy, Landscape Architecture

Moab Schiers - Reading

Noah Schiers - Reading

Landon Young - Personal Management, Family Life, Snow Sports, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Music, Reading - 9 in all!!!!


Rank Advancements:

Landon Young - Life
Rhett Harris - Star
Patrik Drean - Star
Moab Schiers - Star
Noah Schiers - Star

11-year-old rank advancements:
Derek Williams - Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, 1st Class

Troop Activities:

In may we began work as a troop on the Personal Fitness merit badge. Much of the instruction for this merit badge will take place as part of troop meetings. However, to earn this merit badge, scouts will have to maintain a log of physical fitness activities for 3 months. The scouts received a merit badge worksheet and will be responsible to keep their own records. We will meet every two weeks to do the required measurements of running a mile, sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, etc. Understanding the various areas of physical fitness can be reviewed between the parent and the scout. Pretty basic stuff, so parents, take time to discuss items of instruction you feel are important for your son.

Summer Camp meeting

Wow! Eric Tuttle and myself attended the meeting for summer camp. Delose Connors is the camp director and this is going to be a great wilderness adventure for our scouts and leaders. Delose reviewed the leader packet, told some jokes and got us excited for summer camp. We'll be putting together some information packets for the scouts and the parents. Camp will cost $90 for camp fees and $65 for food if we do commissary. There's also the opportunity for us to buy Camp Loll troop t-shirts for $8. We can order them ahead of schedule or the boys can buy whatever up at camp. We'll have to have money for lunch going up and lunch coming back. That's not included in the 90/65. Gasoline for transportation is also a big cost this year. The bottom line is that it may cost $155 minimum, less the $45 ward contribution, plus any other fees (lunch and gas). We'll have to figure out the details soon. As a young boy, I went to Camp Loll two times. As a previous scout master, I went three times. This is going to be a camp your sons will remember their entire life. Especially Lake of the Woods.

Full house!!!!

Well, last night was far different than the week before. We had 10 scouts. Wow! I thought how great this was. Until I started in on the photography merit badge. Everyone of those scouts couldn't sit still, couldn't be quite, couldn't listen to me talk. It was a little frustrating and brought back memories what a pain in the butt I use to be. I guess turn-about is fair play. I decided to repeat some of the things I discussed the previous week and one of the scouts asked if he could leave because he had learned this last week. This is the challenge I get with scouts earning the required merit badges ahead of the troop's schedule. It's all a challenge!

As part of the merit badge, I gave two groups cameras to take pictures. I thought they would go about the church and take some pictures. One group took 8 pictures while the other group took 4. Far less than I had hoped for. I wish I'd had some beautiful pictures I'd taken over the years to get them interested. Maybe next time.

Then, a great opportunity for a scout master minute and I didn't have one. Dang!

PS. The boys had the most fun of the night playing steal-the-bacon. Merit badges are a pain to these young carpet-rats!

April troop meeting - small group

Well, last week at our troop meeting, only 3 scouts showed up. We discussed the photography merit badge. I brought several cameras and we went over the various parts of a camera and how the parts all work. It was really great. Eric did a stretcher with two sticks and a blanket. That was really great learning experience too. We concluded with a scout master minute. What a great time to sit down Indian style, around a fake campfire, and listen to a thought from the Scout Master. This one was particularly good, in that a roll of film was used to describe what happens in our lives. We can be exposed to the right things properly and we'll turn out good. Otherwise, we may be overexposed and ruined. To my frustration, someone barged in during the best part of this minute and took away from the moment. Nonetheless, I'll keep trying.