Thanks, Moms!

The troop would like to thank the Mother’s Club for the Halloween Party that was on Monday night, November 7th. The party got started with a donut eating contest. You eat a donut tied to a string that is suspended in the air without using your hands. What great fun! The Mother’s Club also served everyone a variety of tasty snacks from creepy spider cupcakes to a spooky graveyard cake. Thank you for all your hard work in making this a fun-filled evening for the boys.

(Go check out more pictures from the 2011 Halloween Party in the Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

By Scott Howell

Gone Fishing, yes the scout troop went fishing on the November 5th and 6th overnight at a 40 acre lake. Boy, did we catch fish and fish and fish. The scouts and leaders caught 35 keepers. They were cleaned and cooked by Mr. Gentry and Mr. Owens for everyone to enjoy after the campfire. What great batter Mr. Gentry used on the fish. That was not all we were fed, Mr. Schaumberg baked three great clobbers. Even though it was said it can’t be done without using bag charcoal.

The other event for the day was zip lining on a 300-foot long zip line and zipping the scouts and leaders did all afternoon. It was fast and great fun.

The November overnight weather was great. The patrols cooked some really great meals. They did a great job. Mr. Gramlich and Mr. Gentry were in charge of the meals for the leaders. Mr. Gramlich cooked pot roast, carrots, potatoes and baked biscuits for dinner. He cooked it all day long with bagged charcoal and insists that this is the only way to cook with a dutch oven (with bagged charcoal). Remember the earlier comment about the great cobblers. Mr. Gramlich’s pot roast was great. The leaders would like to ask Mr. Gentry where the gravy was for Sunday morning leader’s breakfast. Just kidding, Mr. Gentry was in charge of the leader’s breakfast. He picked two items, French toast with bacon and egg in a hole. Both dinner and breakfast were out of our troop resource book and there was no gravy involved with Sunday’s breakfast.

Mr. Leabo came out Sunday Morning and provided the troop a good church service to allow the troop to fulfill the 12th part of the scout law, Reverent.

Once the trailer was all packed up, the scouts and leaders were back to fishing till it was time to come home. What a GREAT, GREAT weekend with the great weather, Great Scouts and Great Leaders and a Great place to camp.

The November 5th and 6th Overnight

By Simon Englehart

When I went on the overnight at the 40 acre lake it was a good overnight. There was a lake, a pond, and a zip line. They even made a slingshot that shot Hedge Apples. It was a really fun overnight.

(Go check out more pictures from this overnight in the Troop 282 Photo Collection.)