The Lake Jennings campout had great weather, jumping fish, and LOTS OF FUN. Unfortunately, no fish were caught. The song/skit fest began with the inaugural “Fishing edition” of “American Idol” for the patrol yell competition. Making their debut as judges were: Salmon Chowder (Simon), Paula Albacore, Dandy Jackfish, and Carpo De Grouper. Yes. .the competition […]
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On December 5-7 the troop went to Anza Borrego State Park to camp and also launch rockets. About half the troop went out Friday night out through Julian and down the Banner Grade to Agua Caliente Campground. It was dark when we arrived, but the boys did a great job of setting up their tents
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**DIRECTIONS to the campground: FROM INTERSTATE 8: EAST ON I-8 EXIT AT OCOTILLO, THEN 22 MILES NORTH ON HIGHWAY S2 TO THE PARK ENTRANCE. For map quest use Long -116.305 and Lat 32.95 **DIRECTIONS TO THE LAUNCH SITE ON SATURDAY from San Diego:For a more visual map, please visit: http://www.plasterblaster.com/launch_site.html PLASTER CITY is located about
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We got up to Mataguay early, there was more than just Troop 301 there. In all there were about 90 people. We got everything into our packs pretty quickly then headed over to the barn for a quick lecture on bringing enough water and knowing where we were going. Funny thing, they didn’t hand out
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Dr Bryon wrote the folowing log during backpacking:The following scouts and leaders participated in the back packing trip:David Mosely, Marvin Ordonez, Bryan Graham, Sean Rowland, Harrison Trubitt Josh Solberg, Reed Hallums, Mrs. Paula Trubitt, Mr. Burgess Hallums, Dr. Bryon Solberg. Greetings to each of you, from a Scoutmaster who is now a bit more restedand
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Steps to submit nights camping to Dr Bryon on paper.1. Print Out (To get the sheet click here, then print from the Googledoc spreadsheet application).2. Circle each night attended.3. Add up nights spent.4. Make a copy for yourself and Dr Bryon.5. Turn in a copy to Dr Bryon. If you want to do it electronically,
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Here are some random observations and things I enjoyed, but didn’t put in the daily log. Feel free to add your own, or even disagree. I thought some of these things might be helpful to first year scouts assuming we do a simialr trip next year.One morning Dr Laura and Mr Stachwick saw a young
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Our final day was spent mostly outside the park boundaries at Saddlebag and Cascade Lakes. They are out past Tioga Pass entrance at the east end of the park. Saddlebag Lake is part of the Inyo National Forest. There is a campground there and it is a popular destination for fisherman. The lake is named
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Our destination on our hike for day 5 was Mono Pass. Mono Pass is on the very east edge of the park. The elevation at the pass is 1060 ft and we would go much higher than that during this hike. The trail head was about 5 miles east of our camp ground out near
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Day 4 was our first hike where we had to drive to the trail head. We all got up a bit earlier, got everything packed and everyone in their cars and ready to go. We decided to put as many people into as few of cars as possible. When Mr. Stachwick started his Chevy, the
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