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Falls Lake - November 20th - 22nd
Taking advantage of places near home, we spent the weekend at Falls Lake State Park playing with rope and enjoying the lake. We were lucky that the rain held off and it wasn't too cold. We had a few firsts on this trip: this was our largest group to go camping so far - 16 boys + 4 adults! and the Rubber Duckies actually baked and frosted a 2 layer chocolate cake. Working with ropes the guys learned how to crawl across a ravine (ok, a large ditch) on a rope. |
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Council Camporee - October 9th - 11th
The theme was Nature, Enviroment, and Conservation. There were demonstrations from a multitude of groups and idividuals like Mr Greg Fishel teaching parts of the weather merit badge, fly fishing and fly tying from Great Outdoor Provisions Co., NC Fish and Wildlife with their mobile aquarium, NC Geocaching Society, and others. Since this was a Council camporee there were 1800 Boy Scouts and 2200 Cub Scouts. |
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Court of Honor - October 5th
Everyone's hard work since our spring COH was demonstrated by the awarding of 65 merit badges and 4 ranks. Afterward everyone celebrated Mr Schmid's birthday with cake and other refreshments. |
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Stone Mountain - September 11th - 13th
Our first trip after the summer was to Stone Mountain State Park, an imposing 600ft granite dome. We hiked up the mountain and ate lunch while enjoying the views. After a steep descent we came to the orginal owner's homestead then hiked on to the waterfalls. After climbing several hundred stairs, which finished our 5 miler, everyone relaxed back at camp before cooking dinner. The evening's activities included a rousing snipe hunt. |
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Summer camp at Cherokee - July 19th - 25th
The troop spent it's usual week at Camp Cherokee indulging in merit badge classes, campfire programs, twilight activities, and the ever popular trebuchet construction. The Thursday night Family night was it's usual hit with the parents treating everyone to loads of good food. This was also our troop's first large group snip hunt. I can tell everyone worked hard since The boys earned a total of 43 merit badges this week. |
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Scout service to the church (vehicle wash) - May 23rd
As a thank you to the church for meeting space and use of the vehicles, the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and all 4 Girl Scout troops detailed the van and bus. |
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Mawat District Spring Camporee - May 1st - 3rd
The spring camporee was held at Camp Tuscarora near Bentonville. The theme of shooting sports was enjoyed by all especially for our newest troop members. This camporee also marks the first group of our scouts that were selected for the Order of the Arrow in many years. |
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Jamestown/Yorktown - March 27th - 29th
This was a great trip. We stayed in a cabin in Jamestown after driving trough torrential rain most of the way. Saturday the troop went to the Jamestown Settlement Center to learn about the first permanent English colony in America. After lunch we proceed to the Yorktown Victory Center to learn about the final days of the American Revolution. Some of the lads even were conscripted for the cannon firing demonstration. Following a all-you-can-eat pizza dinner it was back to the cabin for more card games. The next day we returned home via the James River ferry. |
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Lake Michie - February 20th - 22nd
This was our annual "Take the Webelos camping and try to freeze everyone to death" trip. It was a balmy 20 degrees at night which made the campfire that much more enjoyable. Takes to Sam and Michael's hard work, we had a great Saturday night troop campfire complete with jokes and skits. This was also the trip that earned several scouts their nicknames - Sparky, Sinko, and Dude.
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Snow Tubing at Hawksnest - January 24th
A simple day trip to Hawksnest for an afternoon of snow tubing. Nothing like hurling yourself down a long hill on an innertube.
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