Extreme Team Camporee 2014

We will meeting at the church Friday November 7, 2014 5:00 PM.  We would like to leave by 5:15 PM.  We will be returning around dinner time on Saturday.

The boys should bring:
-Warm clothes
-Clothing/shoes they can get dirty and muddy in and a change of clothes for afterwards
-NO SCOUT UNIFORMS (not even for travel this time, leave them at home)
-scout book
-sleeping bag, tent
-2 liters or drinking water
-camping chair for camporee-wide fire program
-personal mess kit
-SIGNED MEDICAL FORM (found here) (I will have copies at the church)
-Their food assignment

The boys can earn a prize if they memorize enough passages from this form:

Inspiration from the Past


For more information about this camporee (including driving instructions) please visit the camporee website at:

http://santanscoutcamporee.blogspot.com/

Food Assignments

Here are the food assignments for the Camporee:

Lunch:
Zach W.:10 packs of beef ramen and a cooler with ice
Jack: 10 packs of beef ramen
Jonas: Pack of shredded cheese (20 servings)
Scott: 20 servings of baby carrots (small pack)
Luke: 1 pack, 20 servings of ground beef

Dinner:
Kyle: eggs and 20 oz. of cheese
Justin:Tortillas Pack of 24
Chandler: 1 dozen of eggs
Zach C.: Bacon-1 pack/16 strips
Trey: Orange juice 2 one gallon bottles
Braden: Bacon -1pack/16 strips

Dessert:
Trey: Pancake mix
Luke: 1 bunch of bananas
Kyle: Chocolate chips
Scott: whipped cream
Justin: Half gallon of whole milk
Jonas: sugar
Chandler: bottle of vanilla extract
Brad: Crushed ice, salt in a ziploc bag gallon/ quart

Black River Campout

We will be going to the Black River for camping, swimming, and fishing.  We are leaving from the church at 5:00 PM and we expect to return before dinner on Saturday. 

Boy Scouts are encouraged to travel to and from activities in full scout uniform (uniform shirt, uniform pants OR uniform shorts with uniform socks, and uniform belt).  Please arrive at the church in uniform.

We will be camping near our cars. The boys should bring:

Swimming suit

Sunblock

Towel

Sleeping bag

Tent OR tarp

Camp Chair

Personal Toiletries

Personal First Aid kit

Change of dry clothes and extra socks

$10 for lunch and permit on the trip home

Utensils for eating

flashlight

Each boy should either eat dinner before we leave or plan on cooking themselves a late dinner at camp.The boys should plan on cooking their own breakfast.As a reminder,many of the boys in the troop are still working on their cooking merit badge. A square meal planned and cooked on this camp-out can pass off the outdoor meal requirement. 

Scott 

Webmaster

Black River Campout Postponed

This weekend's campout has been pushed back one week.  We will be camping, fishing, and swimming on September 26-27.

More details will be posted after next Wednesday night's planning meeting.

Scott
Webmaster
Troop 198

Lava Tube Cave Campout

We will be going to the Lava Tube Cave just north of Flagstaff AZ. This will not be a hike, we will be camping near the cave (about a mile away) and we will be able to park the cars at the camp site.

We are meeting at the church and hoping to leave immediately at 5:00 PM (east side).  We should be back before dinner on Saturday.  We will drop the boys off at their home.

Information about this location can be found here:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=55122

The boys should be prepared for rain and cold.  They should bring:

-Sleeping bag, tent and/or tarp
-warm clothes
-Jacket and possibly gloves (the cave stays 42 degrees year round)
-personal toiletries
-first aid kit
-sack lunch
-their food assignment (see below)
-bug spray
-2 liters of water

Food Assignments:

Jaxen -     20 tortillas and a cooler with ice
Seth -       2 packs of milk chocolate chips
Zach W.   2 packages of small marshmallows
Trevor     20 flour tortillas
Kyle         1 bag of cheese (Costco size bag)
Kaios       1 doz. Eggs  and 1 bottle of Cholula hot sauce
Zach C.    1 lb. bacon
Brad        Apples and Bananas

Seth, as the Troop Quartermaster, will coordinate getting the pans and stove for cooking.

Fossil Springs Departure Time

We will be meeting at the church at 4:00 PM today to leave for Fossil Springs.  Please see the previous post for what the boys should bring with them.

Just a reminder on the food.  The boys can pass off 2 of the required meals from the cooking merit badge on this trip.  They can either do the trail meals (recommended) or the camping meals.  Please review the requirements here:

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Cooking

Fossil Springs Backpacking Trip

This Friday we will be going backpacking to a camp site in Fossil Springs.  This is the same location that we have been to recently, but this time we will be parking the cars at the Flume Trail head and hiking into our camp group, which is about 5 miles in.

The boys will need to carry everything on their back, so please make sure they have a backpack.  Please let us know if they need one, there are a few families that have an extra one that can be loaned out.

They should bring:

Swimming suit
Sunblock
Towel
Sleeping bag (tent OR/or tarp)
Personal Toiletries
Personal First Aid kit
Change of dry clothes and extra socks
Money for lunch on the trip home
Utensils for eating
flashlight
Food

The boys have been working on their cooking merit badge, and one of the requirements is for them to plan and prepare a trail meal.  Please make sure that they bring their own food and have followed the guidelines for good nutrition (see the post on the cooking merit badge).  If their food needs to be cooked, they should bring their own trail stove.  None of the troop gear will be available during the hike (but gear can be checked out ahead of time if needed).

We will be leaving Friday, but we do not yet have a time decided on that we will meet at the church.  We are still looking for fathers to come and our departure time will depend on when people can get off work (so we might leave as late as 6:00 PM).  I will make another post to this website once we have confirmed our departure time.  We should be home late Saturday afternoon.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=72078

Flume Trail information:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recreation/ohv/recarea/?recid=75368&actid=50