What a great day the troop had at the Blue Elk District Klondike Derby. We actually had snow to pull our sleds on. The temperature was 0 degrees when we started but it reached a balmy 9 degrees when we finished up. The Troop is so proud of our scouts who came out to this very cold event. There were 15 events that each patrol had to complete for a score. The events were as follows: Sled Lift, Knots, First Aid, Splint/Stretcher, Lashings, Survival Shelter, Compass Course, Archery, Tomahawk Throw, Whiteout Walk, Panning for Gold, B-B Guns, Snowball Throw, Fire Building and Cooking. I would like to draw everyone’s attention to these events. Everyone of the events have to do with scouting skills. Scouting skills is what our scouts teach and use every Monday night at scout meetings during skills instruction and patrol competition. I would say that our scouts need a little more work on their scouting skills and working as a Patrol(team).

We will work on more Patrol Teamwork at our scout meetings and upcoming overnights.

As the Scoutmaster I must do a better job to get the scouting skills taught to our scouts. Just like a coach of a team I must do a better job in making sure our team can perform all of the scouting skills.

I would like to say I was very proud of the scouts that went to the Klondike Derby. It was cold, not one of them complained. Today was a true scouting event and a great day for a scouting event. Congratulations to our scouts.