Webelos Advance on Troop Meeting

On September 29, we hosted our annual Webelos Advancement Fair. During the event, Scouts in the Troop served as counselors for a range of Webelos Activity Badges, and worked with visiting Webelos on their requirements. 30 Webelos from four area Cub Scout Packs were in attendance.

Our counselor staff included:
Athlete Badge: Peter D. and Evan M.
Citizen Badge: Riley H. and Daniel Y.
Fitness Badge: Brian H. and Will D.
Sportsman Badge: Jacob T. and John T.
Outdoorsman Badge: Calvin N. and Illian H.
Readyman Badge: Harrison K. and Lazare H.
Webelos Badge: Logan S.

Thanks to our counselor staff and to Packs 433, 633, 626, and 629 for joining us!

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Scouts stride on spit!

On the weekend of September 26-27, a group of us hiked the Dungeness Spit near Sequim on the Straight of Juan de Fuca. The destination... the Dungeness Lighthouse, 5+ miles away at the end of the spit! Those scouts who walked 11 miles were Owen D., Jacob D., Harrison K., Charlie H., Zachary D., Jesse S., Chris H., and Avery K. William D. arrived later in the day, but was still able to enjoy the spit for a couple hours.

It was a long 6+ hour hike, but the boys persevered and learned the meaning of persistence! When we returned, we settled at the Dungeness State Park campground for an overnight. The evening was filled with plenty of food, fun, and fire!

Adults participating were Mr. Dickson, Mr. Hadland, Mr. Kwik, Mr. Delbrueck, and Mr. Black. Also in attendance was Avery's new puppy dog Josie.

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Scouts enjoy games and fire with Pack 633

As has become an annual tradition, three years running, on September 25th our Troop was invited to assist Cub Scout Pack 633, Eastgate, with their Annual Pack Campout.



Our Scouts led games after dinner and oversaw the campfire program; they even contributed a handful of skits!
In attendance were Evan M., Harrison K., Ricky A., Scott G., Daniel Y., and Cory B.

It was a fun time had by all!

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Scouts do the J-stroke on Lake Washington

On Sunday, September 20th, ten of our scouts participated in the annual Mercer Island Canoe Race. hosted by Troop 457 Mercer Island. This year we had beautiful weather too!

Six teams competed in the relay race that consisted of 5 legs around Mercer Island, covering a total distance of 13 miles. Scouts who participated were, Sam R., John T., Jacob T., Cory B., Harrison K., Ricky A., Gabe R., Chris F., David A., and Alex L. Mr. Thackray captained our spotter boat and Mr. Lodge was our official Coast Guard spotter.

It was a tough race, but everyone had a great time; especially at the AWESOME picnic hosted by Troop 457!

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2009 Labor Day Bike Outing

Troop 626's annual family Labor Day Day bike tour & camp out was in King County for 2009. The vast majority of the route was on King County trails, many of which were soft surfaced former rail road beds. Railroad trails make for relatively flat routes. A gear wagon driven by Mrs Adams-Guy allowed us to ride bikes unencumbered by heavy packs. This is a family friendly event and a Mom and cub scout even rode bikes one day. There was rain at times, but with proper rain gear it was still enjoyable.

Saturday was about 26 miles from Lake Sammamish State Park to Valley Camp in North Bend. Two flat tires and one broken bike didn't stop us. Thanks to Mrs. Reardon for accomplishing a bike swap. Scott's dairy freeze is a few blocks off the trail so we made a rest stop of it. We covered numerous trails including: Issaquah-Preston; Preston-Snoqualmie; Whitaker; Snoqualmie Ridge; and Snoqualmie Valley Trail (SVT). Riders Saturday: Sam R., Gabe R., Ricky A., John T., Mr. Thackray, Mr. Guy, Mr. Kwik and Mr. Funcke. At camp, Mrs. Thackray joined us and Mrs. Adams-Guy along with Bree G. and Conor A., delivered hot dinner to us.

Sunday morning we were joined by Max O. After a "Scout's Own" time of reverence in the camp mini chapel, we headed north from North Bend along the Snoqualmie River Trail. We passed Snoqualmie Falls but we were experiencing our own "water fall" of rain by then so we didn't stop. We rode the SVT trail to Remlinger Farms in Carnation where we ducked out of the rain for awhile before the final few miles into Carnation to Tolt MacDonald Park. A total of 22 miles for the day. The camp's warm indoor showers were soothing. The Orth family joined us for camping. We car pooled with the Orth and Adams-Guy vehicles into town for a convenient pizza dinner.

Monday we had additional riders of Mrs. Gish and Rex O., Sam R., and Gabe R. rode all three days, for which they each received a prize! Also riding Monday were Max O., Mr. Guy and Mr. Funcke. We backtracked on SVT trail then diverted to Fall City and then connected back with our trails from Day 1 through Preston and back to Issaquah, for a total of about 21 miles.

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Posted by: Craig Funcke, ASM

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