On July 31 - August 6, 2011 we attended summer camp at Camp Fife in Goose Prairie, Washington. There were only 120 scouts at the camp that week, so our 40 scouts in attendance were quite prominent!
A big thank you to the 16 adults who attended in rotation throughout the week, and a SPECIAL thanks to Mike Enberg who attended with me all week. While all the boys were on their best behavior, a few notable mentions are:
- Rex O. for serving faithfully as our bugler, getting himself up early in the morning to play Reveille.
- Logan S. for keeping all the scouts on track as Senior Patrol Leader.
We occupied the American Ridge campsite, which was centrally located providing convenient access to the Trading Post, Dining Hall, Flag Field, First Aid station, and Swimming Pool. Hungry chipmunks where the primary critters, chewing holes through a couple of tents and backpacks; eating not only trail mix, but sunscreen too!
The weather was perfect and sunny each day, giving the scouts optimal time to enjoy the outdoors. Aside from the typical in-camp activities of shooting, archery, and climbing, some special things we did included:
- Canoe outpost overnight on an island in Bumping Lake by 10 scouts and 2 adults
- Cliff rappelling offsite by 5 scouts
- Hike to Boulder Cave and water fun by the entire troop
- Hamburger cook out and dutch oven cobblers at our camp site on Wednesday night
Check out pictures here and on facebook.com/troop626
Overall, it was a fun and productive time for the Scouts!
Posted by: Herman Kwik, Scoutmaster
www.Troop626.org
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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