Webelos Camping
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Seven of the Webelos I went on a camping trip this weekend and had an
incredible time!
A few of us went up Friday night, the rest joined in on Saturday. We
returned around midday on Sunday.
We started the day on Saturday by setting up camp. Once our site was
all set up, we took a hike for a couple of hours. The highlights of
the hike included using compasses and a map to find our way, searching
for signs of the various wildlife found in that area, exploring some
fascinating rock formations, and looking at some very impressive beaver dams.
Our hike concluded with a steep trek back to the camp site for a well
deserved lunch.
Our afternoon activities included time to play, leather crafts,
and cutting up vegetables to be used later for dinner. Alex Cena
showed the boys how to build a debris hut, which can be used for
emergency survival purposes when forced to spend a night in the
woods without shelter. Each of the boys built their own debris hut.
In the evening, each of us prepared our dinner, which we cooked in
foil in the camp fire. After dinner we roasted marshmallows and made
smores.
It started raining around 8:00 at night, so we spent the remainder of
the evening in the mess tent with stories and hot chocolate.
By morning the rain had stopped, and the warm weather on Sunday quickly
dried things out.
A special "thank you" to Liz and Alex Cena for all of the effort they put
into planning and preparing for this weekend! All of the boys (and
fathers) had a great time!
This is a partial set of photos. For the full set, click
here.
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Preparing for the hike.
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The scouts with Greta.
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On the lookout rock.
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Checking our bearings.
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Looking at a nest.
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Checking out the stream.
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Signs that beavers have been here.
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In front of the beaver dam.
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The dam.
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Paul Spicer's debris hut.
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Erik Walker's debris hut.
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Matt Cena's debris hut.
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Brian Northrup's debris hut.
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Tom Loop's debris hut.
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Steve Cena's debris hut.
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Peter Weigel's debris hut.
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Leather crafts.
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Leather crafts.
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Preparing dinner.
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Preparing dinner.
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Preparing dinner.
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Sunday morning.
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