Summer Campout at Anderson Cove

Well, here we are, a motley crew. Four strong and ready to have fun!

Camp Bartlett Summer Camp 2009

Getting out of town at 6:30 a.m. in the morning.








The troop spent five days and nights at Camp Bartlett, located in southern Idaho. The week started with cool weather and clear skies and ended with warmer weather and tired scouts. Much time was spent on attending merit badge classes.

Golf Merit Badge

We started working on the golf merit badge and had Rick Wright go through all of the requirements. Next week we'll be going to the golf course to hit a few balls.

Spring Camp Out at The Golden Spike Monument

We had a good turn out for our spring camp out. We invited the 11-year-old scouts to come with us. We had 6 scouts and 4 11-year-old scouts, along with 5 leaders. It rained Saturday morning after breakfast. We got to the visitor's center a little early and some of the scouts caused grief for the workers there. They didn't think it would be good if we ever came back - they thought Boy Scout meant Angel - Go figure. They were pretty good but they had an hour and a half in the visitor center and there were computers, coin smashers, things to buy and touch, younger scouts to intimate and places to run and potential for fun. The clue should have been the 'Boy' in Boy Scouts!

Court of Honor - April 31, 2009

We had our quarterly court of honor and the 12/13 year scouts received virtually all of the awards! Go Boy Scouts. It was a simple, but fun court of honor. Seven scouts participated and all had uniforms. A flag ceremony was conducted, followed by a skit about chewing gum. The scouts had fun performing impromptu for the many parents who supported the troop.

Merit Badge Contest - March updaet

Well, here's the status of the merit badge contest we're having for the first 6 months of 2009:

Connor Wright - 2; Family Life, Personal Management
Rhett Harris - 1; Family Life
Derek Williams - 1; Personal Management

Last years pending awards:

Landon Young - Communications, Camping, Physical Fitness
Derek Williams - Geology
Quinn McClune - First Aid

Gardening and graduation

Well, tonight was interesting. I packed up pots, seeds, plants, flats, dirt, gardening books, canned foods and whatever else I could fit in the truck. My goal was to introduce the scouts to the gardening merit badge. There were 5 boys that showed up, of which one went to another class and the other went to play basketball, leaving 3 scouts and 3 leaders; great 1:1 ratio I guess. I discussed a little bit about propagating plants from cuttings as well as transplanting seedlings. I was hoping the boys would want to plant some seeds for their gardening merit badge but the interest wasn't there. We transplanted some lettuce plants and ended without too much interest. Laurie baked a birthday cake for Tyson, who will be turning 14 this Sunday. I don't know where the other 8 boys were tonight, some at basketball and others not interested. The boys finished the evening playing basketball, which most boys had great interest in, go figure.

PS. Connor Wright had his scout master conference for his Life rank advancement. Congratulations on attaining this rank. Connor has served as a patrol leader, has participated in over 6 hours of service projects and has earned the necessary merit badges. He'll be eligible for his Eagle in 6 months, pending meeting his 20 days of camping with the scouts. Go Connor!