Troop 448 prepare to properly retire Old Glory at their campout in Three Rivers. Thanks to the Odom family for allowing us to camp on this beautiful property.
Troop 448 playing capture the flag, which we turned into first aid practice by building a hospital, with medics who treated the tagged.
That line of boys across the stage and around the room? Those are the new Scouts of Troop 448, earning their first rank. Way to go, troopers!
Thank you Thomas Crain for the photo.
From our meeting this past Thursday. Second year scouts from the Thunderbird patrol go over the Camping 101 shakedown list with crossover scouts in the Trolls and Whodat patrols. They are putting those skills to work this weekend. Last nights camp arrival was awesome! We brought about 55 scouts and 40 parents for this Camping 101, plus another 35 scouts and 9 adults for Backpacking 101. Should be a great weekend at El Rancho Cima.
Crossover patrols
It’s been a stressful week for me, though maybe of my own doing. Until this month, our Boy Scout Troop had about 65 boys, which is a fairly large troop. We are adding 44 more to those ranks this month, bringing us to about 110.
We typically bring boys into “horizontal” new scout patrols, but when you have 40+ scouts, that patrol formation can get tricky. Lots of request and other things to consider, like good leadership. I think I’ve done my best, setting up six new patrols, each with seven or eight members.
This is a great group of guys, and I think this will be an exciting year. Challenging, but exciting.
FPG-9 templates for tomorrow’s meeting where we’ll finish up the Aviation Merit Badge by building and flying Foam Plate Gliders.
Aviation Campout
Our February campout was memorable, for sure. Cold nights at Lady Bird Park in Fredericksburg. Aviation Merit Badge class by Steve Allen at his hanger at the Gillispie County Airport. The afternoon at the Adm. Nimitz National Museum of the Pacific War.
Thorns: it was cold, but that was Ok for those who were prepared. Too many people were not. Also, out troop cannot break camp quick enough, even without meals to distract.
Roses: Great attitudes despite the cold. Good behavior during the merit badge sessions. Jacob and Josh flying in to help teach. Great time at the museum. Emotional at times, thinking about all that war and the decisions that leadership had to make. I’m very proud of Pam and Sonya for sticking it out with us. We enjoy your company, so don’t be strangers, just pick more temperate times to camp with us :-).
