2007 Calendar Year
July 15th
Buckskin Scout Reservation - summer camp
We had the camp to ourselves! 15 mile bike ride along
the
http://www.buckskin.org/Council/Camps/buckskin.htm
August 12th
Lots of mountain biking, fishing, and swimming at the beach. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/730/Default.aspx
December 29th
5 mile hike at
http://www.metroparks.net/ParksClearCreek.aspx
2008 Calendar Year
Troop 65 Activities
January 5th
January 12th
Troop won 2nd place in the sled race after the other competitions. Pack 3 WEBELOS also had a patrol, and did better than most of the other scout troops that were participating.
http://www.skcbsa.org/council_camping/fallingrock_general/falling_rock.htm
January 31st to February 3rd
Troop cabin camp in at
Most of the troop went skiing, and a few went snow boarding, but everyone agreed that it would have been very fun if we had all gone tubing.
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/NEWS01/808240316
February 10th
Scout swim at
February 24th
Scout swim at
March 7th to 9th
Delaware S.P. and JLOW campout cancelled due to ice storm.
http://www.ohiodnr.com/parks/delaware/tabid/729/Default.aspx
March 18th
Troop bowling outing / new officers start
April 5th
JLOW re-scheduled /
Welcome to the troop campout for new scouts at Sinsabaugh property.
Possibly the best capture the flag game, and the biggest bonfire ever. A relaxing and fun campout.
April 12th
Kiwanis pancake breakfast /
New scout scoutmaster conferences
April 25th
Spring camporee at Flint Ridge
Scouts earned the Indian lore merit badge
It drizzled, and tried to rain all day, but never really did. There was an OA tap out, and campfire. Chris Betts, and were nominated for order of the arrow. Also, there was a gas pipeline leak that caused a partial evacuation of the campsite. Sadly we did not get to see any mushroom cloud, but it was still a good campout.
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c01/index.shtml
May 16th
Troop campout at Alum Creek
Mountain biking and fishing
Really cool mountain biking trail, with a long boardwalk. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/711/Default.aspx
June 8th
Nagatamen
/ NYLT starts at
Albert Dantzer, Brendan Lowell, and Christian White participated in this week long leadership training camp. http://www.campoyo.org/
June 13th
Troop campout at Blue Rock St. Park
Scouts caught crayfish, and cooked them; there was also swimming and fishing. Sean got chiggers. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/bluerock/tabid/715/Default.aspx
June 13th
Nagatamen / NYLT ends
NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) / Nagatamen concluded with a moment of silence for the four
scouts that were killed in a tornado at another NYLT camp in
June 28th
July1st.
Fry booth set up
July 2nd
Kiwanis 4th of July st. fair fry booth
High adventure water sales at fireworks
A record year for fry booth sales!
July 13th
Summer camp at
Air conditioned dining hall and soda fountain!!!!!
The camp had great facilities, a huge lake, trading post, cabins (our troop got to stay in them) and an amazing climbing / rappelling tower. Also, some scouts from our troop did their cinematography merit badge, and made a movie that is on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASSqYc_27k http://www.danbeard.org/camps_friedlander.aspx
July 19th
Summer camp ends
August 15th
Troop wilderness survival campout at Falling Rock
5 mile cross country orienteering hike and outpost in
the woods somewhere across the road from
