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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We had a pretty good turn out of new boys at the Mirmar Lake hike and a few backpackers. The new boys were doing their first hike in preparation for the big Scripps Ranch to the Sea 20 miler. The backpackers were doing a 10 mile hike to warm up for their 5 mile hike
To recognize those Scouts who have hiked many miles and learned many things in the outdoors, Troop 301 is beginning a new hiking award. Hikes/miles that will count are those done as a BOY SCOUT, and a hike must be three or more miles in length. These need to be done on a Patrol, Troop,
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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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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For day 3 our destination would be Elizabeth Lake and then back to the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and a swimming pool with a view of Unicorn Peak. We got to the trail head and found a mobile bear trap. There had been some sightings of a two year bear roaming the campgrounds in the evening
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Day 2 was our first full day. Our hiking destination was near Little Devil’s Post Pile. We left Tuolumne Meadows camp ground and headed out toward Lembert Dome. Soon after the start of the hike, the boys all broke out their notebooks and started taking notes for the Forestry merit badge on the plants and
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