Spring Camporee

This years Spring Camporee was great.  We had good weather (a little cold the first night), but a great day weekend overall.  This years theme was aeronautics, there were 8 stations with lots to do.   We were very surprised to find out at the campfire that night that the Styx patrol took 1st place, and the Beaver Patrol took 3rd place.   Also, congratulations to Brian G. who got tapped out at that nights campfire.

 

assembly2.jpg (51651 bytes)   1st morning assembly for the troop. Beavers on the left, Styx on the right.  

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                Beaver Patrol.                                      Styx Patrol.

   Iron man competition, each patrol had to stretcher carry an "injured member" to every station.

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One station had a ton of planes, helicopters and gliders.  Each scout got a go at flying their own radio control plane.

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The Beaver Patrol got to check out the hang glider up close.

Daniel from the Styx Patrol shows his moves on the hang glider.

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Beaver Patrol works out the problem for the rope challenge station.  They had lowest time overall.

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Back at camp, time to eat and time to clean.

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Styx Patrol shows their egg carton gliders.  They had flights over 25 feet.

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Hot air balloon Sunday a.m.                      The view of our camp from the hot air balloon, courtesy of Andy.

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The leaders keep a careful watch.