| Upcoming Events | |
|---|---|
| 4 Sep | Eagle Project |
| 6 Sep | No Meeting |
| 9 Sep | PLC |
| 13 Sep | Meeting |
| 20 Sep | Meeting |
| 27 Sep | Meeting - Olympics |
That night there was an opening campfire (without the fire) and a few skits put on by the staff. Well, after a long first day, we were all tired. Everyone, except a few pranksters. Each night something else new and exciting happened to look forward to each morning! Nobody, however, was hurt or seriously upset by these pranks; so, that was good.
Well, the next day, campers began merit badges, patrols began to compete for Honor Patrol, and the adults began kicking soda-craving scouts out of their area.
Wednesday night was the Water Carnival, in which our own Joe won the adult relay race. When we got back to camp, tubs of ice cream were waiting for us. That really beat camp food.
Friday night was the scouts' turn to put on skits. Well, just between us, Troop5's skit was the best out there. It was a comedic spin-off of the famous "If I were on the Camp Staff" skit entitled "If Celebrities were on the Camp Staff." Among the celebritites were John as Sudam Hussain, Pat as Frank Sinatra, Steve as Fat Albert, Andy as Silent Bob, John as Yoda, Matt as Hugh Grant, and Matt as Macho Man Randy Savage.
On Saturday, all the funs, games, pranks, and nasty bathrooms were gone; it was time to go home. After the award/advancement ceremony, and teh Honor Patrol award was given to the Eagles, it was time to head out. Good bye summer camp.
Order of Arrow Ordeal WeekendThe OA, an honorary order of campers, elected by their fellow Scouts, held its Fall Ordeal weekend on August 27-29. This weekend was dedicated to various camp maintenance projects to prepare our camp for the winter season.Six members of Troop 5 completed their ordeal and were inducted into the Order. Scoutsmasters, Mr G and Todd were on hand to congratulate Josh, Steve, Bryan, John, Jon and Charles for completing their ordeal. |
Eagle ProjectsBy DanEagle-project-summer madness began on Sat 29 May with my Eagle project at the Advent Lutheran Church in Richboro. I would just like to thank everyone that came by to help me. For al you that didn't know, I worked on the area surrounding the sign in front of the church and moved lots of dirt to level an area along the highway so it could be mowed. I hope all of you that came to help me had fun there and at the party afterwards. Thank you again. |
The job included breaking some stone, and then they would be fit in some way onto the path, which had to be made sooth enough to be "Wheelchair accessible". Next, gravel was swept over the rocks to fill the cracks, and then small rocks were put in place to fit small spots.
Paul's project was planned to take two days, and maybe a third, but it was completed in a day thanks to the hard work of those who participated. Congratulations to Paul for completing this large step towards Eagle.
We woke up at around 5:45 AM because we had a long way to hike that day and started taking down camp. The bear bags were lowered, the tents were taken down, water was refilled, and breakfast was quickly eaten. Before long, we had our packs on and were out on the trail.
On this particular day we had to hike a distance of over 12 miles (not to mention the fact that we had 50-pound packs on our backs). But with the help of our map-reader Matt, we bushwhacked most of the day's hike, and managed to cut down a couple of miles.
Towards the end of the hike, we bushwhacked up a mountain. At the top of it, we saw a low lying chain fence. There was a small debate about whether to go over the fence or take the normal trail to our destination (a camp called Rich Cabins). We hopped the fence. Before long, we had reached a downward slope that led right to Rich Cabins.
At first, it looked like a normal switchback trail. But before long, we noticed that the side was getting steep. Really stepp! Like almost straight down kinda steep. As we walked down, we fought to keep our balance and tried to avoid slipping on rocks. I can still remember, halfway down the mountain, one of our adult leaders, Mr. O, yelled, "We must be crazy!" Luckily, everyone made it down to Rich Cabins.
Then, as night started to come, we had yet another activity. This one was really fun. We got the chance to really milk a cow! This was an experience that most kids in our crew never had.
It was time for the final activity of the night, crew competitions for the Fourth of July. Events included the 3-legged race, the log throw, and the sack race. It was really fun and our crew seemed to get into the competition more than the Texans (most of the other crews were from that state).
By the time we got back to camp, it was nightfall and we decided it was time to hit the sack. After getting everything organized and putting up the bear bags, we put an end to an unfrogettable Fourth of July with a good night's sleep.
On that overcast Monday, scouts armed with rakes and shovels attacked an unkept rocky dirt hill behind the church where he have our meetings. The group equipped with cinder blocks, wedges and their bare hands challenged a wooden fence. In addition, a few scouts outfitted with sledgehammers and other implements of destruction braved the cement that held the playground equipment feet in place.
The only break came at lunch when work quikcly came to a halt long enough to quickly consume some pizza and soda, the work picked up again. All seemed to be going according to plan except for one little detail: the cement was not surrendering. All seemed lost when a large red truck pulled up. The truck bore Mr. F. Wielding a sledgehammer better than John Henry ever did, the cement crumbled before him.
In the end, the fence had fallen, the rocky dirt hill was a rockless neatly raked dirt hill and the playground equipment had been liberated from the cement. However, it was all just another Eagle Scout Project for the Scouts of Troop 5.