Hi all!
As I'm sure you all know, the weather turned wet wet wet last night.
But of course, when we had roll call at the flag ceremony this
morning, our troop call was "It's a great day for Scouting!"
(Response was, oddly enough, somewhat lukewarm.)
The weather did hold off long enough for our camp cookout last night -
Wednesday nights are the camp staff's off night, so we were supplied
monster portions of carrots, onions, potatoes, and hamburger patties
for silver turtles. Lots of the boys got some good cooking experience
helping slice the vegetables and clean up the prep area - so don't let
them get out of kitchen duties at home, they know very well how to do
it!
Mr. Deakins also supervised three delicious dutch oven cobblers for
dessert - peach, apple, and cherry. We all stuffed ourselves silly and
went to bed well-fed.
Today is the last day of merit badge classes for the boys. Tonight,
the Hawks have their Polaris campout on a field next to one of the
activity areas - to meet second and first class requirements, they
will present themselves in uniform and pitch and sleep in their own
tents. Tomorrow morning they'll break camp and return to our campsite
in time to join us for breakfast.
Friday is a make-up and finish-up day for merit badge classes - lots
of classes have homework and/or essays as part of the requirements,
and Friday is a good day for wrapping that up (especially if the
weather continues!). The Hawks will go on a five-mile hike between
breakfast and lunch - Skymont sits on the edge of mountain, which has
a very flat top but drops off about 1000 feet in a mile or so, making
for some great overlooks.
The chance of rain drops off somewhat tonight and tomorrow morning, so
think dry thoughts for us!
Cheers,
John
