Backpacking campout

On June 21, 2013, troop 102 went backpacking about 2.5 miles to whiskey creek cabin, where we set up our tents for the night. Then next day, we had breakfast and broke camp. We hiked with our backpacks for about a mile and ate lunch by the river. Then we hiked the rest of the way back to the parking lot, stopping once to refill on water.

court of honor

May 29, 2013. Today, at 7:00,  troop 102 had a court of honor. Logan Thurman served as the master of ceremonies. Most of the scouts got new merit badges.

Camporee

On Friday and Saturday, may 17 and 18, Troop 102 went to camporee, a campout where troops from all around gather to compete in various competitions. The only prize we got was a 3rd place ribbon in the tomahawk throw. We arrived Friday, made dinner, went to sleep. On Saturday we stated until after dark, after they gave out prizes.

merit badge workshop

Scouts from lots of troops gathered for the merit badge workshop. Each scout signed up for multiple merit badges to work on on two seperate days. After the second day, out troop climbed lower table rock.

Treasure hunt

March 30,
The boy scouts went over to Bob Lebel's house to do a treasure hunt using scouting skills.We had tostart a fire, make a stretcher to carry someone in, use a compass, lift someone by tying a rope around them, and drag a log down a road (using rope) to finally dig a pot full of candy out of the ground. Afterwards, we cooked hot dogs.