The troop Kayak/Snorkel Trip for this year will be held on Saturday June 9th in beautiful La Jolla. This is a guided tour through the La Jolla coves with an opportunity to snorkel as well. It's a great event for the entire family with a "Bring your own" barbecue or picnic on the beach afterwards giving everyone a chance to enjoy the water. The cost is $38.50 per person or $39.96 on-line using paypal. The fee includes the rental for the double Kayaks and snorkeling equipment. There will be lockers available to rent as well and wet suits, if desired, at the location. Again this event is open to all family embers, although there is an age restriction for those under 5 for the kayaks. Registration is available now on our troop website and payment is due no later than May 29th.

This weekends camporee is being held at Oak Canyon Park which is off of Santiago Canyon Road next to Irvine Lake.

Buckskin Gulch

In the O-dark:30 hour of April 9 in a group campsite in Zion National Park 7 adventuresome souls woke in darkness to the voice of Scoutmaster Kelley hissing "Come on guys, lets get going!"   We drove through the moonlit Zion Canyon, through the Mt. Caramel mile long tunnel honking along the way and drove 80 miles east to the White House trailhead near the Paria River.  If all went to the plan, White House trailhead is where the adventurers would emerge from the 21 mile long hike through the canyons.  Along the route we opened the Kannab McDonalds for the last breakfast where we had to wait for the fryers and griddles to warm up. 

Spring Camporee SIgn-ups are available on the troop website.

The district camporee is being held April 20 - 22nd at Oak Canyon Park (Near Irvine Lake - site of last Scout-O-Rama).

This is a fun event where the district troops camp and host events where the patrols compete during the day to earn points. Patrols can win ribbons and the troop can also earn points for an award. The Senior patrol have designed a gateway that they will construct with ropes and lashings to provide an entrance into our troops camp.

This years theme is the Olympics and our troop will be representing Russia, so bring your Ushankas (Russian fur hats) to go along with the these. There will be a Friday night event, the Saturday events, and also a mud run. There is a dutch oven cooking contest and Saturday night campfire. This is always a great weekend.

We still have a lot of room and would love to see more scouts and leaders come to Camporee. The early bird registration ($25.00) ends this coming week, so Scouts need to sign up by Tuesday morning so we can submit our deposit. Following this, the price will increase $5.

There is a Saturday only fee for people who are not able to camp, this is $10 if paid by Tuesday and will increase to $15 afterwards.

I hope to see you there.

It's that time of year.