Scout Camp 2015 - Day 3

Today can best be described with one word, "SOGGY". From the point we woke up, till around 2pm, it just poured and blew! Added to that it was like 60 degrees so we were all pretty cold this morning. Due to the fact that we could hardly get dry and warm, there are only a few pictures from today's activities.

The boys still had swimming in the rain and didn't seem too bothered by the deluge.

The boys did everything in the storm, rifle shooting, archery, CPR for kayaking. The storm broke a little after lunch, but free swim and snorkeling were cancelled so Taner and Porter tried to find some merit badges they could work on in doors so the decided to work on chess.

At dinner time, we had the Sanderson and elmer families join us at camp and hopefully we didn't look too pathetic. The boys were excited to show their families the camp, especially the Gaga pit which was a big hit with the kids because of all the mud!

As the families were leaving, the rain began to fall again and continued for the rest of the night, but we had fun under the shelter playing Moya that we taught to the other troops. 

Scout Camp 2015 - Day 2

Today we woke up and the world was wet! It came down really hard last night so the boys were consigned to sleeping in the scary canvas tents that were probably the same tents Lord Baden Powell camped in as a boy over 100 years ago. Things we learned last night: racoons really like starburst and lifesaver mints ( sorry Porter!) and Taner likes to sleepwalk ( again, sorry Porter!!)  after breakfast, we said goodbye to Bro. Kuehnl and hello to Bro. Aaron Nelson. Today was about as muggy as Satan's armpit on the 4th of July and equally hot to boot, but that didn't stop these boys from living it up. After their group swimming class, Henry split to his archery class where he found that being Katniss Everdeen is much harder than it looks, but he had great form and at least hit the Hay bale which is more than we can say for some of the other scouts.

Taner and Porter headed right next doo to the trifle range were they actually got to shoot .22 caliber rifles. They had to hit all 5 shots within the size of a quarter. Neither of them did it, but they sure had fun trying. 

Once they finished, Henry and Porter booked it down "Cardiac Hill", over the covered bridge and past the waterfalls down to the lake for for Kayaking. They each got a paddle and a kayak and were set loose to terrorize the high seas of Lake PeeWee!

On the way back up Cardiac Hill, Porter found his name carved into a rock from 1886.

Ar lunch we introduced Bro. Nelson to camp food, and the unlimited salad bar, which is my personal favorite.

Post lunch activities included, more swimming at the pool, snorkeling, sweating, and watching The new SpongeBob movie under the stars. Off to bed now, hope it stays dry tonight!

Scout Camp 2015 - Day 1

4:45 am Bright eyed and bushy tailed!

After meeting up at bro. Elmer's house at 4:45 Amanda eating too many donuts, we left for camp Falling Rock in Newark Ohio. Upon arriving, we dropped off our gear in camp and headed to the pool to do swim checks. After we got the boys swim tested, we headed back to camp to get ready for breakfast and flag ceremony. When we got back to camp, there were donut wrappers and candy wrappers everywhere! The rascally raccoons had raided our camp in the twenty minutes that we'd been gone! Dang Vermin!

After we cleaned up the mess, we headed to the mess hall where we lined up for breakfast. It was then that Henry informed me that he didn't feel well so we took him outside for some fresh air where he promptly threw up. He said it was from eating too many donuts and that he was already feeling better. He decided to join the rest of the troop for breakfast and has since sworn off on donuts.

After breakfast, the boys all headed off to a morning of swimming, rifle shooting, archery and kayaking. The first day was a lot of the book learning so they were a little bummed that they didn't get wet, or get to make things go boom, but they were still excited.

After lunch, Porter and Taner spent more time in the pool working on snorkeling and swim instructions. Henry headed to the nature center and began plugging away at environmental science. Porter joined him not long thereafter and they went to make their habitat observations down by the beautiful waterfall here at camp.

Numerous times throughout the day, you would find Taner and Porter at the GaGa Pit, which is a weird dodgeball-esque game that the boys all love. I think, in fact Taner was too good at the games as boys were always challenging him for dominance on the court.

It has been super warm and muggy here at camp, not to mention the sporadic rain showers that pop up to keep us nice and moist. Last night it came down so hard, we had two mini rivers running through the campsite. All in all, the first day was a success and a special shout out to Bro. Kuehnl for spending a fun day and a very soggy night at camp with us today!