2013 Summer Camp Blog!!!
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Troop return is scheduled for 11:30 am at scout hut. Release will be soon after that. Thanks!
Day 5
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From Bob Donaher
"Last Day!!!"
Last day at camp and parents night... Got to go up and see the troop, everyone was in GREAT spirits and appear to have had a awesome week at camp... Things were still busy and everyone was wrapping up and getting ready to return home tomorrow. Closing campfire was great and Troop was recognized and awarded for Best Campsite, Winning Games of Grimes Soccer match as well as for other individual efforts.
Weather was beautiful and camp was looking great.
Return should be between 11 and noon tomorrow, see home page for exact time once they leave camp.
More Pictures have been added
From Bob Donaher
"Last Day!!!"
Last day at camp and parents night... Got to go up and see the troop, everyone was in GREAT spirits and appear to have had a awesome week at camp... Things were still busy and everyone was wrapping up and getting ready to return home tomorrow. Closing campfire was great and Troop was recognized and awarded for Best Campsite, Winning Games of Grimes Soccer match as well as for other individual efforts.
Weather was beautiful and camp was looking great.
Return should be between 11 and noon tomorrow, see home page for exact time once they leave camp.
Day 4
More pictures have been added,
From Kurt Pearson
"Visitors!!!!"
Hamburger lunch where we were joined by Pack 65 True Old Fossil Gene Kobel as well as Mike Rusho (District Chair)
Blessed by the presence of Tom Moore, Clarke Davenport, Tom French and Paul Gallimore
Mr Davemport brought us 4 large watermelons
AO Brotherhood tonight (thurs)
Troop invited to movie night at Troop 19 site (thurs)
Dutch oven cobbler cooking tonight (thurs)
Scoutmaster Steak Dinner
4th day in a row with perfect Campsite score – tied with Troop 19 going into final day
Night entertainment – black widow death fight with Japanese Hornet (pix coming)
Tough negotiations from Mr Ligon on the trading post
Down to the elite 8 on the chess match – finals to be held tomorrow night
More pictures have been added,
From Kurt Pearson
"Visitors!!!!"
Hamburger lunch where we were joined by Pack 65 True Old Fossil Gene Kobel as well as Mike Rusho (District Chair)
Blessed by the presence of Tom Moore, Clarke Davenport, Tom French and Paul Gallimore
Mr Davemport brought us 4 large watermelons
AO Brotherhood tonight (thurs)
Troop invited to movie night at Troop 19 site (thurs)
Dutch oven cobbler cooking tonight (thurs)
Scoutmaster Steak Dinner
4th day in a row with perfect Campsite score – tied with Troop 19 going into final day
Night entertainment – black widow death fight with Japanese Hornet (pix coming)
Tough negotiations from Mr Ligon on the trading post
Down to the elite 8 on the chess match – finals to be held tomorrow night
Thurs Morn 11:ooam - another batch of pictures...
Wed Eve 9:20- More pictures!! Thanks to Kurt Pearson for spending time to send the latest batch. Will get more tomorrow also along with a write up.
Wed Eve 9:20- More pictures!! Thanks to Kurt Pearson for spending time to send the latest batch. Will get more tomorrow also along with a write up.
Day 3
More pictures have been added,
From ASM Douglas Graham -
"Drying Out!"
Great night with another troop our size from Huntersville who hosted us for a little Scout trivia with collectible patches as prizes. Very comfortable sleeping conditions. Polar Bears were up and at 'em again this morning after the coolest night of the trip. Best breakfast so far with gravy biscuits that rival Hardee's. We scored another perfect 12 out of 12 on our campsite inspection. Michael Gilmore, PR Tucker and I had to depart this morning, just as the weather had improved. We're being replaced today by Kurt Pearson. What a great time so far. Hope the showers stay away! Our boys are doing great.
More pictures have been added,
From ASM Douglas Graham -
"Drying Out!"
Great night with another troop our size from Huntersville who hosted us for a little Scout trivia with collectible patches as prizes. Very comfortable sleeping conditions. Polar Bears were up and at 'em again this morning after the coolest night of the trip. Best breakfast so far with gravy biscuits that rival Hardee's. We scored another perfect 12 out of 12 on our campsite inspection. Michael Gilmore, PR Tucker and I had to depart this morning, just as the weather had improved. We're being replaced today by Kurt Pearson. What a great time so far. Hope the showers stay away! Our boys are doing great.
Day 2
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From ASM Douglas Graham -
"Getting in the groove"
The boys got to sleep earlier and were therefore up earlier and feeling better. Polar Bears were rockin' again with Mr. Ligon and Mr. Tucker. The meals have been quick and nutritious. There's less confusion now that they know where they're going and when. We're dodging showers the best we can. As soon as things start to dry out it comes down again. At least it's cooling it off. We've been invited this week to watch "Wreck it Ralph" with another troop. They are showing it at their campsite. Kudos to our boys, we had a perfect 12 of 12 score on our campsite, graded for numerous items. Our goal is to hit that mark every day.
More pictures have been added,
From ASM Douglas Graham -
"Getting in the groove"
The boys got to sleep earlier and were therefore up earlier and feeling better. Polar Bears were rockin' again with Mr. Ligon and Mr. Tucker. The meals have been quick and nutritious. There's less confusion now that they know where they're going and when. We're dodging showers the best we can. As soon as things start to dry out it comes down again. At least it's cooling it off. We've been invited this week to watch "Wreck it Ralph" with another troop. They are showing it at their campsite. Kudos to our boys, we had a perfect 12 of 12 score on our campsite, graded for numerous items. Our goal is to hit that mark every day.
Day 1
Summer Camp is finally here!!! Whoo Hoo!!! Sunday departure went off very well... Thank you to all the helpers who made the checkin and getting off to camp a success!! The boys were all in good spirits and ready for a fun week... Drive up went well with stop for food in Shelby as ususal.
It was a long day Sunday getting checked in, getting 46 boys through the process is a substantial effort, you should thank the leaders who are at camp for thier efforts... in the end all is complete and the boys have been checked in and are getting settled into the routine.
Camp was hit by heavy rain during the night last evening, so that will serve as a QA checkpoint for the tents... as of this morning all the boys were off to class and learning the schedules. The "new" campsite the troop is in this year seems to be wroking well, lots of room and in the woods, so everyone has room to spread out and get hammocks up if they choose.
First day of Polar Bear drew 12 boys this morning, hope to have more join the fun tomorrow... Will work on getting list of names soon.
More pictures and more updates will be posted later today, or early tomorrow... For now here are some early shots!!
Summer Camp is finally here!!! Whoo Hoo!!! Sunday departure went off very well... Thank you to all the helpers who made the checkin and getting off to camp a success!! The boys were all in good spirits and ready for a fun week... Drive up went well with stop for food in Shelby as ususal.
It was a long day Sunday getting checked in, getting 46 boys through the process is a substantial effort, you should thank the leaders who are at camp for thier efforts... in the end all is complete and the boys have been checked in and are getting settled into the routine.
Camp was hit by heavy rain during the night last evening, so that will serve as a QA checkpoint for the tents... as of this morning all the boys were off to class and learning the schedules. The "new" campsite the troop is in this year seems to be wroking well, lots of room and in the woods, so everyone has room to spread out and get hammocks up if they choose.
First day of Polar Bear drew 12 boys this morning, hope to have more join the fun tomorrow... Will work on getting list of names soon.
More pictures and more updates will be posted later today, or early tomorrow... For now here are some early shots!!
