LITTLE BLUE TRACE HIKE & OVERNIGHT

April 14th and 15th

What a weekend for a hike and overnight. It was cold and wet but we still had a blast. We started with a 5 mile hike on the Little Blue Trace Trail. Different scouting skills station were along the trail where the scouts got a chance to do the different skills. Station 1 was knots where the scouts learned the basic scouting knots. Station 2 was measuring the width of the trail without using a tape measure. Station 3 was measuring the height of the shelter house without using a tape measure but by using a scout stave. Station 4 was a compass course. Station 5 was 1st Aid. Station 6 was lashing where the scouts built a balloon launcher. Oh, we also ate lunch during the hike.

Then it was back on the bus to go back to Trinity. Once we got to Trinity, we split up into two groups. One group set up our shelter and the other group cut up the food for our dinner which were aluminum foil meals. Once the preparation was done everyone cooked their own meals in the blowing snow. We also got to sample Garlic Chicken & Potatoes foil dinners, Garlic Steak & Potatoes foil dinners, Chicken and Vegetable kabobs and Steak and Vegetable kabobs. We had a royal feast.

Sunday morning we cooked bacon and eggs in a paper sack, boiled eggs in a paper cup, cooked sausage in aluminum foil, cooked biscuits on a stick and on aluminum foil. Once again we had a breakfast for a king.

It was very cold for April but we made it.

This overnight was a blast. Can’t wait till the next one.

Our weekly troop meetings are great. We start our meetings off at 7:00 PM with a pre-opening game that all the scouts can take part in. Then at 7:30 PM we start our meeting with a formal opening where we say the pledge of allegiance, Scout Law and Scout Oath. Then we move on to the scouts learning a scouting skill and then the individual scouts show how to do the scouting skill they learned. Once we are done with this, we move on to working on advancement (Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, 1st Class, Star, Life and Eagle). Then we move to a troop game. Once all this is done we go to Closing Circle before going home. All of this is planned and carried out by our Patrol Leaders Council.
Scouting is fun and we get to make new friends

My name is Kelly and I am a single mom of an 11 year old son. Since joining Scouts 3 years ago I have watched my young son grow into a young man. I feel like I am no longer raising him alone. Our scout troop is our family. My son has developed skills that he will carry with him for a lifetime. Scouting was the best commitment we have ever made.