Court (Relief Society Room) of Honor!

We had a court of honor on October 23rd. There were lots of advancements and badges to award. Plus yummy brownies!

 Scout Awards

 Whitewater Kayaking Award

 1st Class and a bunch of badges.

 Tenderfoot and a bunch of badges.

 1st Class advancement

Moab a dab a doo!

Hey the scouts went to Moab for a campout this weekend. It rained even though it wasn't "supposed" to. Slade got some of his tenderfoot stuff done and we got to spend some time on the dino trail where there were a bunch of fossilized dinosaur bones weathered out of the rock.

Fun stuff!

River Yaking

Hey All,

We made it safe and sound down the river. Jens, Chris and Wade were all super nervous going down that first rapid but they got the hang of it quick and had a blast paddling down the Provo River from below Deer Creek dam down to the Woodside train trestle.  

 OK let's go.

 Is this water sanitary?

 Rob said to paddle through the waves, So I'm PADDLING!

 Good Job!

 Go Jens!

 Trent's got your back.

 Fearless Leader.

 Really, try to paddle away from the bushes, OK!?

 Lap 1 done. Everyone safe and sound and only this close to tipping over two or three times.

 Found a caterpillar.

 Wade's turn.

Keeping after it.

 Much less nervous the second time down.

 I got this.

 We'll see, I guess.

 Alright!

 Really, he knows he's not supposed to lean back. Really.

 Made it too.

 Awww, do we have to get out now?

Fun for everyone!

Thanks Gloria, Miki and Caden for running shuttle and helping out as our group's support crew.

Yak-a-dee Yak, don't lean back

Hi All,

The scouts had a great time not so far from home camping and kayaking. We spent the night at the freight train enhanced Spanish Fork River park and then went to the Spanish Oaks Reservoir to practice our skillz. Outfitting skillz, kayaking skillz, wet exiting skills.

Everyone has a lot of fun and these are the boys and leaders who earned their BSA Kayaking patch: Hunter, Jenz, Wade, Chris, Caden, Damon and Nick. Next Saturday we will go down the Provo River and finish up the requirements for the Whitewater merit badge.

 Hmmm, fire not working.

 Tin foiled again!

 Meat no longer frozen, check.

 Good times.

 Must put stuff in fire. Can't resist.

Ready to go, wet exit accomplished.

 Paddle time.

 Is this PFD on backwards or is my chin just too low?

 Go Hunter!

 Chilling as all good kayakers are apt to do.

 Ramming Speed!

What a line up!

Summer Camptastic

Hey All, Troop 782 had a great summer camp experience last week up at the High Uintah Wilderness Camp in Windy Park (past Vernal) Utah. The previous week got a ton of rain and everything was soggy when we got up there. We set up camp and all the boys and AJ went and got their swim check in the freezing lake and started in on their merit badge classes. The boys earned a lot of merit badges and learned how to have fun with other troops, how to have fun, how to sleep in a wilderness shelter, how to be serious and how to be spiritual. Here are some photographic highlights.

 Just ask AJ the staff skits and songs can get a little painful. Da moose Da moose... OUCH!

 Getting strated on the leather working badge.

 Adreck tipped the canoe over before he even got it into the lake. NICE!

 Now they have it together.

 One of the sudden thunder storms that poured for ten minutes and then was done.

 Gallon challenge. It's only impossible for wimps and other people. Note to self, "pacing yourself makes it worse. Just chug from the get go!" That way there is more to spew when your stomach figures it out.

 Wade and Gavin get their shelter framed out.

 Then add the pine branches for warmth and rain shedage. The first night Wade and Gavin slept in it. They had so much fun that Lito, Hunter and Adreck decided to join them on the second night. 5 in a two man shelter made for a few cranky boys in the morning. I've got to hand it to them for sticking it out though!

Here is the other shelter that they started but I don't think that anyone slept in it.

 Rifle range was a hit and so was the archery range.

 Here are the arrows that they made for the merit badge. Where are the little tiny bows to shoot these? That's what I want to know.

The DNR took the boys fishing for an hour on the lake. Most of the boys caught something.

 Here are the Polar dippers returning from their 6am jump in the lake. They said that the lake was warmer than the air. I think that the frost on the ground was good conformation.

Each polar dipper got a very pungent rabbit's fur to commemorate their chilling achievement.

Wahoo 782! what a great week at camp!


Leave a comment or something if you like this or want some of the pictures. Rob Allen-