Summer Camp 2007 - Camp Turrell
WE'RE HERE!!!!
We're set up on Sunday afternoon
The Water Carnival - Sink the Rowboat Competition
The rules are the entire troop needs to get into the rowboat before sinking can begin. Once loaded up, then anything goes to sink the boat. The fastest wins.
We won!!
"UNSINK" the Rowboat
Guess what that means...
We win again!!
"Say Hello to my Little Friend!!"
Some Homey we came across!
Swimming Merit Badge
The sign at the right is a board that holds "buddy tags". These tags have markings to determine who can swim, who can kind-of swim, and who can't (non-swimmer). These will let the waterfront staff know who can do certain activities (boating, etc.).
Canoeing Merit Badge
The Pot
No, we didn't smoke it, but we baked it. We had to in order to get it ready for use for our Lemon Cobbler.
Swimming Merit Badge
They need to show they can inflate clothes for buoancy
Basketball
This is how some of them spent "downtime"
...and the effects of that "downtime"...
The lake in the evening
More Swimming Merit Badge work
Rise and Shine!!
The boys slept "under the stars" or around the campfire as "Guardians of the Embers"
The Water Carnival Triathalon
AJ raced the bike to the Waterfront, tagged the swimmer (Zach P) who swam out to the island and tagged the Canoers (Matt A and Cole).
The boys took Third Place in the Triathalon
This is how the "adults" got their yahoos out.
The Scoutmaster Shoot - NO BOY SCOUTS ALLOWED!!
Eric
Rich Germinder (another scout's father that stayed in our campsite)
Joe
At the Council Campfire
Breakfast
Canoers at the Water Carnival swamped their canoe (in front of the red canoe)
"Towing" the swamped canoe home
Tallying the scores
Camp Staff readying for "The Suicide Race"
Camp staff had to run from this point on the beach, to the lake, get across the "beginners" swimming section, OVER the dock (but under the ropes), swim to the far side of the Swimmers area, and back. The record is 45 seconds, though the closest we saw was over 1 minute.
The Peanutbutter and Jelly Relay
After having the sandwich made at different stations IN THE LAKE, Joe had to eat it. The boys did so well, that the sandwich was still whole and dry as opposed to others who had it soggy and falling apart, which is actually a good thing as other teams only had to eat what was left and it was already wet. Ours was "dry" and whole. Try eating a dry, whole PB&J in 6 seconds!!
Our efforts paid off!!
This is Joe G who stayed in our campsite from another troop with his dad, Rich