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.