Month: August 2013

More of the Court of HonorMore of the Court of Honor

A look at some of our speakers at our latest Court of Honor. Each speaker told a little bit about an outing that they had been on in the last few months. Thank you guys for speaking!

Court of HonorCourt of Honor

Our Troop had another Court of Honor last night with over 120 merit badges handed out and many advancements, too. Congratulations to everybody! You’ve all worked very hard for the last few months. We also said “Thank you” to Mr. Devine for everything he did for us during our trip

Eagle Court of HonorEagle Court of Honor

Congratulations to Jeff Laux for receiving his Eagle award tonight. Jeff started his Boy Scout career back in Feb. 2006 and made Eagle in Jun. 2013. 24 merit badges and 7 years of camping, cooking, community service and over all Scouting experience has lead him to this point.

Kudos to Ohio State MotorcraftKudos to Ohio State Motorcraft

Thanks to the Ohio State Motorcraft Officers for putting on a great program. Thanks to Mr. Davis for hooking us up for this great weekend.

SwampingSwamping

One of the requirements of canoeing merit badge is to swamp your canoe and either have another boat rescue you or dragging it to shore. The scouts were doing both.

Mornin’ @ CampMornin’ @ Camp

We, or at least the “royal” we, were up before 6am. I rolled out around 6:30 after the noise reached fever pitch levels. All was eaten and cleans up by 8am and we were dressed and ready for canoeing. The Watercraft Officers showed up with 12 canoes and all the

Euchre TournyEuchre Tourny

We are pretty sure that Tate thinks euchre is French for cheating because he did it egregiously and often. Jason/Steve beat Tate/Nathan and then continued the streak against Will/Ed. Jason asked me to stop blogging at this point to hide our lose to Tom/Matt. But their victory was short lived

Canoe Merit Badge CampCanoe Merit Badge Camp

We love camping… We made it to the camp in record time, well it may not be a record but it was at least a lot shorter than the Gettysburg trip. We are back in the woods right next to the lake, and you know what that means. You guessed

Camp Ground MapCamp Ground Map

For those of you who are meeting us at the camp ground this weekend, Mr. Davis used exceptional computer skills to make this image. RED – this is our campsite. After entering the campground, we just hang a left and we’re there. There is a bathroom right by the campsite.