Scripps Ranch Troop 301 was Philmont (=Scouting Paradise) Crew 814-D in 2009!
Panning for gold/attempting to fund their college education at the French Henry Mining and Mill Outpost Camp, deep
Josh Solberg: “Oh my gosh! It was sooooo much fun!
They visited the Aztec Gold Mine, and experienced a simulated “Mine collapse and escape!P.T.: “Philmont just amazes you until the end!”
**A week and a half of camping and backpacking in the magnificent Sange de Cristo Mountains of the New Mexico Rocky Mountains!
**Backpacking, mountain climbing, mountain basketball, “Hand To Hand Combat” with Adele, Maxwell Camp, black powder musket shooting with the Mountain Men of Miranda, tomahawk throwing, Baldy Town, trail building, gold panning and mine exploration, blacksmithing, Most Awesome Ranger Rob, elk and turkey herds, team building challenge courses, bear bagging, swap boxes, porch talks, our crew camping ALONE in the “Haunted Santa Claus Valley” with a horse skeleton/forgotten cabin/magical water appearance/ghost gunfire shots in the night/an early morning wake up call from the ghost of Waite Phillip’s faithful (and long gone) horse Gus, shotgun shell loading [and “Unloading”. . .<=o) }, Mountain ducktape ball, burro racing at "Harlan Downs," Tooth of Time Trading Post, Simple Simon's Pizza and Calzone deal, Baja Jacket/knife/throwing tomahawk shopping, Home Bound closing campifre/show, The Philmont Arrowhead Award/Duty To God Award/"WAMI" plaque-"We All Made It Award," the freedom horse drive. . .. . ..WHAT A GREAT ADVENTURE!!!! Incredible thanks and congratulations to: Crew Leader Jordan David (King David) Mosely, Chaplain's Aide Harrison (Tank) Trubitt, Crew Historian Marvin (Sparky) Ordonez, Michael (Ace) Simmons, Bryan (Ace) Graham, Josh (Doc) Solberg; Advisors Mr. Simmons, Mrs. Trubitt, and Dr. Solberg. (A note about a possible Philmont Trek in 2011: our 2009 Trek was amazing, but what allowed it to go well was our strong, well prepared crew. Do not be blinded by the glamour of reputation of a trip to this Scouting Paradise: one must be a strong and well prepared hiker/camper/cook to go on these adventures. We required prep hiking and prep trips for the 2009 crew, and these turned out to be absolutely ESSENTIAL to the success and well being of the crew.).