Quotes from the Scouts

Day 4

Keith: “I miss you my lovely and my two baby girls”

Adam West: “There are pine trees in oklhoma!
Nick Russel: “I miss Airconditioning!!”
Jack: I miss you Mommy – I want to hug you!”
Madison: “It hasnt rained in 48 hrs! See you soon Mom!”

Douglas: “Way up in the sky, where the blue birds fly, in the birds nest the little birds rest and with the wing on the right and a wing on the left, shhhhhh, the little birds are resting. And then down comes the moon and up comes the sun, and I forgot all the other words. That song is for you mom!”

Garret: “I miss my mattress and I miss you mom! And I have a surprise for you when I get home”

Zack Russell: “There are a lot of rocks in Oklahoma. And we went white water rafting today, On a river.”

Cread: “As we were going up the climbing tower, Nathan kept telling me to go higher. But when I got 3/4 of the way up I passed out due to the height! But its ok.”

Nick Adam: “The troop still thinks I lost my shirt.. hehehehe.. it is hiden and Im not tellling anyone where. YEsterday I got sommething that alllowed me to use fire and a knife.”

Jake: “What?? we are in Oklahoma??”

Philip: “I made a bowl in metal work today!”

Ben: “I am goign to earn 3 cards in one campout. Tote’em Chip, Firem’n Chit, and Paul Bunyan award”

Esteban: “tell everyone I miss them. I got my Totn chip and firmen chit. I cant wait to come home. Oh, and now I have a knife!”

Sam: “Why are there Pine cones in Oklahoma??”

Eric: “Hi mom, hi dad. Hving fun, see you on saturday”

Travis: “Hi mom, hi dad”

Patrick:”I miss you Mom, and I miss my dogs! But I miss you more!”

David P: ” I miss you Baby”

Wesley:” hi Marlene!”

Paul M:”Hi sweetie, I cant wait to see you. Kiss my babies for me!”

Day 5

Jack: “I miss you Mommy andI love you. I have been brushing my teeth every night! I need to keep a reptile for 2 months in the house.”

Nick R: “Almost in the car ready to go home. I turned the 6 of spades into the 5 of spades”

Peter S: “Miss you mom, I am having fun at camp hale. I learned what Flying was like. I finished the mile swim so I get the patch! I am writing a letter tonight. Love Peter”

Cread: “Today we got to throw tomahawks and it was really fun.  I am climibing the wall tomorrow!”

Nathan: “The skeet got destroyed by a shotgun today. Loved it! Succesfully completed snow sports. cant wait to come home.”

Patrick: “Today I shot a black powder gun and tomorrow I get to ride horses on a trail. Today I also got three merit badges, swimming, metal work, and horsemanship. And tell Jade and Dallas I said hi! I can’t wait to see you again!”

Jacob E: “Completed the mile swim today and earned 7 Merit Badges! See you soon”

Philip: “I shot a shotgun today!”

Jake: “Playing cards, eating watermelon and next up, a shower” (his second)

Sam: “I ate watermelon”

Madison: “We are playing cards and it is humid and I am chaffed! See you soon Mom”

Thomas: “Hey Mom, say hi to the babies for me!”

Adam: “I fell on my but in snow sports – Hi Bed!”

Tres: “I climed a 40 foot rock for the first time!”

Esteban: “Hi Mom, I miss everyone at home.A few days until I come home. I got my shotgun merit badge!! I laso got the swimming merit badge. Still working on First aid and pottery. Tell Mary and Dad I said hi and I miss them!”

John R: “I want a steak for dinner Saturday Night!”

Keith: “I miss you my lovely and my two baby girls. See you Saturday!”

Ben: “I’m feeling taller and stronger! My merit badge counselor didn’t show up today so I am missing one requirement in Orienteering… and I played soome black jack without money”

Douglas: “I have chiggers! I got aviation, snow sports and first aid merit badges! I love you Mom!”

Zack: “I climbed a 40 ft cliff today! We had watermelon and it was good. having a lot of fun. And there are still a lot of rocks in Oklahoma!”

Cole: “Today I capsized a sailboat, I did a motorboating test, did a photography scavenger hunt, and I taught a totem chit class and I met some new counselors. Having a good time!  Glad the week is almost over!”

Eric: “Hi Mom, Hi Dad, Having fun. See you soon”

Travis: “Hi Mom Hi Dad. I finished horsemanship today!”

Michael: “Hi Mom and Anna. Thanks for inviting us to take out the trash on Sunday Mom!”

Nick A: “I feel great! Showers are awesome! I finshed all my merit badges excet whitewater”

Matthew: “Its Thursday and I took a shower (just like every day). I finished photography and need to finish rifle archery and snow sports tomorrow.”

David P: ” Hi Sherrie, how about pasta on Sunday! I could use a good home cooked meal”

Me: ” Hi Sweetie!  2 more days and Ill be home!  Kiss the babies for me!”

Day 6

Scout Quotes Day 6

What a week!  THis is our last day and it was a doozie!  It was the hotest day so far and we had lots of kids getting over heated. Our boys are all okay butwe had afew who we had to sit dow and get to cool down. The staff was a little light to handle the last day rush to finish up merit badges but we got most of ours finished up.  Our Scouts are tired and ready to come home. I think we Dad’s are about ready as well!

Last night we had one scout roll out of his cot, and out of his tent on to the ground. He isn’t hurt but it was kind of funny this morning talking about it. I won’t mention who it was to keep from embarrasing him but he was laughing about it with us when he told us what happened this morning.

All our scouts have done really well this week and you will all be glad to hear that our boys have been very well behaved an well mannered at camp. I wont menion the behavior of other scouts but our boys were usually the ones doing the cleaning and the straighteneing after the meals.  We shared a bathroom with several other troops but it was our Scouts who kept it clean and well supplied.  Our scouts were the ones getting to bed on time and quieting down after lights out and not keeping other troops up late at night.

We have an exceptional group of Scouts and you should all be proud of how well they have done here at camp.

Since it is our last night and the boys really enjoyed sending goofy quotes, they wanted to send a few more. So her ethey are:

Nick A:” Mom, guess what I found!  Everything but my shirt.  See you tomorrow!

Garret: “Hi Mom, I miss you very much. I have several surprises for you.  The first is I stink!  The second is I went on the blob and Jack shot me 30 feet in the air!  Your post card should be arriving soon. I went fishing and the fish were not biting (they must be very smart). we are goign tohave fireworks here tonight. I didnt get many pictures, I didnt take many showers but I am taking one tonight! I hoep I see you soon! Oh, andby the way, everything is paked in my foot locker. It rained and I think i lost a pair of underwear.  And the flies like to bite me! Oh, and I fell off o my cot last  night and then I fell out of my tent! and tell the dogs i said hi and tell leo I’m back!”

Jake B: “THis week I experienced Hale and by the way, I love you mom (and Dad, and Zach)! I hit 20 out of 25 in Shotgun and me and Nathan and Thomas were the only ones who hit a lay with the black powder shotgun”

Zack R: “I zipp lined 100 yards today, walked 40 feet in the air, I swung upsidee down from a cable called the screamer, and I climbed a tekephone pole. See you tomorrow Mom”

Patrick: “I cant wait to see you tomorrow. I rode a horse today with Dad and overall for my first summer camout, this was a 8!”

Jack: “I love you and I cant wait to be home to talk about my new reptile I am going to take care of!”

Eric S: ” Hey Mom, hey Dad, I had to do a conservation project. I am vry tired and ready to come home. See you tomorrow!   Oh, by the way, I cant wait to take my first shower of the week tomorrow at home! (just kidding)”

Esteban: “I finished Shotgun, first aid, pottery and swimming merit badges. I got my totem chip and my firemn chit. Once I come home I am ready to take my first shower. Not really, I showerd 4 times. I probably walkd 5 or 6 miles up a down hills all day long! I raelly miss everyone at hme. I cant wait to comehome tomorrow. Ill be home pretty soon. there were a lot of mosquitos! I love eveyone at home and I cant wait to see everyone!”

Nick R: ” Coming home tomorrow, SOS! I had fun at camp. I really liked my classes and I will see you tomorrow! I love you mom!”

Madison: “I just took my first shower today! I finished all the merti badges I took. Love you Mom!”

Travis: “Hi Mom Hi Dad, hello big sister. We played 3 hours of card games today and I finished horesemanship this week.”

Cread: “Today I climber the tower!  and I repeled down it! I threw tomahawwks and i finished woodworkign and mamal study merit badge. I cant wait to eat one of your meals Mom!”

Thomas: “Today I fist bumnped with a polar bear. It was chill. And I shot a black powder shot gun, and it was also chill. Hey Annie and Dottie, I missed you babeskies!  And you to mommy!”

Philip: “I shot clay pidgeons with the shotgun and I got a 38 with a 22 rifle. and I love you MOm and dad!”

Peter: “I finished all four merit badges. I cant wait to get home. I was gogn to write a letter but we lost the envelope. I can’t wit to see you!”

Matthew: “I shot a black powder shotgun and its friday so we are going home tomorrow. I finished photography and snow sports but still need some for rifle and archery. I cant wait to see you. Nad i cant wait to ake a 30 minute shower! Oh and you too Dad”

Ben: “I earned my Paul Bunyan award, ill explain it when it get home. Ive taken a shower every day and i’m trying to brush my teeth. And I really want to go to winter camp this year”

Douglas: “I got the Paul Bunyan award. I finished aviation and snow sports and first aid. By Mom!”

Jacob: “I am packed and ready to get home! I did C.O.P.E. today. It was team bulding. We climbed a wooden latter with rungs 4 feet apart. I was 40 feet inn te air. I walked acroos a 20 foot beam 40 feet in the air and then I zip lined about 100 yeards and theen I go on the sceeam line. See you tomorrow, Love you guys!”

Cole: “The loast day was uneventful but i was talkign to some prety girls at camp.  Her name was George. I am very excited to be home and to see the family! I love you Mom and everyone else too!!”

Isaac: “Hi Mom, I got 5 merit badges frst aid, snow sports, oceanography, weather and swimming). I missed you. The food here is horrble. Cant wait for a home cooked meal! See you tomorrow. I love you bunches!”

Tres: “I had fun this week. good by cam hale, hello mission trip. I cant wai to see you guys!”

Sam: “I helped with an OA ceremony and I am ready to come home! Hi Texas! I love you Mom!”

Nathan: “HI Mom, I am still alive. I completed all my badges. I cant wait to see you”

Adam: “I finished 3 out of 4 merit badges and I helped do my frst OA ceremony. I love you Mom!”

Jerry K: “Happy BIrthday Shannon!  I love you and I want to be tere. I loce you Rochelle!”

Hank: “See you tomorrow Mary! I love you dear”

Keith: “I miss you my lovelie and my baby girls. can’t wait to see you and the girls. We had a great week. Jack is doing great. Can’t wait to see you.”

Paul: “ONe more night!  I cant wait to see my babies!!  I love you sweetie!”

District Camporee

Panthers Patrol

Patrol Leader- Sam

Flaming Arrows Patrol

Patrol Leader- Ben

This patrol did a good job getting their stuff done.

Several of the boy’s earned their scout rank and all helped put together a patrol flag and yell. They woke up and made eggs and grilled cheese for breakfast, and made a useful tripod gadget.

Cobras Patrol

Patrol Leader- Eric

Everyone from the Cobras did a great job in the field events and won 1^st place in the orienteering coarse. They also came up with a good patrol flag and yell, and made some awesome pancakes and burgers that fed their patrol well.

Lightning’s Patrol

Patrol Leader- Thomas

The Lightning’s worked very hard at camporee. They built the wash station, the camp entrance, and made an ax yard. They achieved 1^st place for the troop spirit award and cooked homemade donuts.

Sunday June 20
We arrived at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch at 11:30am in time to wait until 1:00pm when they allowed us to check in.

Monday June 21

June 22, 2010

and then went into the dinning hall to a biscuit and gravy breakfast. We are getting into a daily routine for getting up and going to breakfast. Next everyone went to their merit badge classes and are getting hands on in their sessions now.  That is making the classes easier and more fun.

June 23, 2010

By now most scouts are finished with their merit badges and things are starting to slowly wind down.  We are finishing up the Wrangler award and plan on receiving it tomorrow. The  initial plan was to do a service project that consist of moving rocks to help fill in some holes, but unfortunately the weather kicked in mid-afternoon today and it was raining with thunder and lightning.  It didn’t rain very much as it was still dusty afterwards.  So we ended up not doing a service project but we can still get the award.

June 25, 2010

Lake Bryan Campout

Panthers Patrol

Patrol Leader- Sam

This was the first campout since the Panther Patrol officially got organized and they pulled it off very well together. Most of the boys from our patrol got qualified for the white water kayaking trip. We also worked on our forward, backward, and side stokes as well as helping get the campfire going and eating summer sausage and cheese for lunch after a long morning of working hard in the canoes and kayaks.

For breakfast on Sunday we made some great pigs in a blanket in a dutch oven with cheese on top.

Flaming Arrows Patrol

Patrol Leader- Jack

The flaming arrows worked very hard on their canoeing skills to get ready for their first canoeing trip. They made some very tasty hamburgers on a propane stove which made them a better cook. The flaming arrows also worked together very well in organizing cooking and they always were one of the first patrols to start cooking.

Cobras Patrol

Patrol Leader- Eric

The Cobra’s patrol got a lot accomplished. They succeeded in their canoeing skills and preformed well on the water. They made awesome chicken and rice and set up their tent without any help. The cobra’s did just about everything right and preformed well as one.

Lightning’s Patrol

Patrol Leader- Thomas

The lightning’s patrol qualified for their white water kayaking trip. They ate sausage for lunch and helped with the campfire by gather kindling and organizing it together. They ate sausage for lunch and threw the football around in their spare time. Some of the boys also got requirement completed.

Troop 383- Jake Blazak- Acting Historian

Sunday June 20^th

When we got to Sid Richardson Scout Ranch, we had to wait to check in and some people played football during the wait. After, we got checked in those who had not token the swim text took it. Then base camp got set up and the Chism Trail group went to set up there camp. When we got our tents, set up we ate burgers and hot dogs with beans and potato salad. After, dinner we went to a kind of opening ceremony showing all of the different events they had by having the staff show off their events. For the rest of the day we just stayed in camp.

Monday June 21^st

Our first morning we woke up and went to breakfast to eat danishes, nutrigrain bars, and cereal. We were given a tote bucket with our lunches in it for the next three days. Then we sent Mr. West to training for driving the boat. When Mr. West came back with the boat we drove to the marina to go tubing our first water sport. After, tubing we went back to our camp and went to covert ops at the same area as we stayed the night before. We ate MREs for dinner. We had to wait for it to get dark for us to do our event. When it got dark, we started covert ops. We got our gear that was two night vision goggles, a gps, and a two-way radio. We had to find a black box that shot out of our pilot’s helicopter with the coordinates of our pilot in it. We brought that box back to base and then we had to find two payloads. A lot of us got spear grass and cactus needles in our feet and scratches on our legs from running around. We all got back to camp around 12 o’clock.

Tuesday June 22^nd

We woke up and took down camp. We had oatmeal for breakfast. We took our gear to Calvary our next event, so that our gear wouldn’t get wet on the boat. For our water sport, we went sailing but not for long because we decided sailing would not be fun to do for a whole four hours. We sailed a while and went swimming for the remainder of the time we had until we had to go to Calvary. At Calvary for dinner, they gave us chili and peaches. The staff split us up into two groups because they need some people in infantry and some in artillery. Both the infantry and artillery drilled and learned how to use the guns. After we were done with that we all decided to go down to base camp to say hey to the base campers and also go to the trading post. We slept on the grass that night with a canvas tent over our heads all except for our scoutmaster who decided it was more comfortable on a table.

Wednesday June 23^rd

The staff said we were supposed to wake up at seven but we did not eat breakfast that early because the staff did not wake up at seven. We had eggs and bacon for breakfast. We left Calvary and took our gear to Area 51. We set up camp at Area 51. We then went to go to dinner. We cooked ourselves a silver turtle which is a hamburger patty with onions, potatoes, carrot, cabbage, and cucumbers. You wrap all of those ingredients in foil and set it on coals. After, dinner the staff took us to a trailer where we geared up with paintball guns. We walked through a course in a line shooting at lit up targets. We were the first group so we could go to sleep early.

Thursday June 24^th

In the morning, we had green pancakes that the staff mixed and we flipped over coals. We dropped our stuff off at highland games. We had wind surfing scheduled as a water sport but since there was no wind we just reported to the sailing base and went off to go swim. We found a nice place where there were rocks to jump off into the water. First, we checked how deep it was where we were jumping. We went to highland games to go set up our camp but it started raining and every ones tents got wet except for the adults and Blaine, Michael, and Tres’s tent because they were not setting up there tent when it started raining and they got a tarp over their gear. Since it was raining, we could not practice for the highland games because it would be dangerous to throw heavy stuff while it was slippery so the staff just explained what we were supposed to do in the morning. We just sat around, talked, and played the guitar until we decided to go to sleep.

Friday June 25^th

At highland games, they gave us oatmeal and nutrigrain bars for breakfast. We competed in the highland games and also ate lunch there out of our tote basket which we usually had things like crackers, summer sausage, tuna, cheese, and cookies. We dropped off our gear at the Viking outpost. We went to the blob for our watersport. Then we went to the Viking outpost where we battled with padded swords and shields. We had a great dinner of ham, steak, some kind of stew, and something made with turnips. We learned about the history of the Vikings from the staff. We slept for our last night at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch.

Saturday June 26^th

In the morning, we saw horses that the staff told us about the day before. For breakfast, we had a ham and cheese gruel and apple gruel. We sailed and rowed on an authentic Viking ship. After the ride on the Viking ship, we had an epic battle. We left the Viking outpost to go and pack all of our things off the boat and onto the trucks to leave and go home.

Fort Parker Report

Campout report – By Jacob Earwood – Troop Historian

Guadalupe State Park

Panthers Patrol

Patrol Leader- Sam

The Panthers Patrol worked well together even though their Patrol ran small this campout. They had Turkey sandwiches for lunch and then went fishing afterwords where Zack caught a fish. For Dinner they cooked some fantastic enchiladas. Some Patrol members even got requirements sighed off. They also had bagels for the next Morning’s breakfast.

Flaming Arrows Patrol

Patrol Leader- Jack

Almost everyone got their canoeing merit badge, unless they already had it. They cooperated good together and performed as one. For breakfast they ate cereal. And they also all swam in the river, where they played games. A boy or two even got a requirement signed off.

Cobras Patrol

Patrol Leader- Eric

They got their requirement for taking care of tools signed off and everyone finished their canoeing merit badge. The Patrol feasted on Hotdogs for Saturday Lunch and Fajitas for Saturday Dinner. Several boys achieved rank advancement while also staying active in helping out with the Patrol. Oatmeal was eaten for Sunday Breakfast before heading back.

Lightning’s Patrol

Patrol Leader- Thomas

The lightning’s Patrol was one of the most well rounded Patrols at the campout. They had a little bit of everything including requirements signed off, participating in all the activities they could, helped the little scouts in getting rank and with setup. They cooked an awesome dessert called shepherds pot, which they enjoyed and scarcely spared.