A fine Fall weekend

This past weekend our Boy Scout Troop hosted the District's Fall Camporee which took place at the Scout camp located in our town. We had about 12 Troops, 200 Scouts and adult leaders registered. Each activity had five or six patrols participating at any given time. The Troop's Scouts and adult leaders put in a lot of planning and work which resulted in an event that went really well. They came up with terrific ideas for ten activities that were challenging and fun. Five in the morning and five in the afternoon. One of our committee persons organized the lunch and dinner for the Troop's Scouts and adults who worked on the event. The meals were dishes prepared and dropped off by the parents. Lots of cookies, half the Troop lives on them. Beans and hotdogs for lunch, a bunch of pasta dishes for dinner. I was asked to take pictures which kept me on the move all day. It was a lot of fun to see how everyone was doing and I think I got some good pictures as well. Our Scouts did a great job at each of the challenges they worked at and it was quite a change of pace from competing against other patrols where we usually managed to take some of the honors. Our Scoutmaster administrated the event very well as we didn't get as much help as we expected to from the district or the council which was probably just as well anyway.

At tonight's Troop meeting the Scouts worked on the plans for the Haunted House Hayride which our town's fire & rescue department sponsors. Our Troop sets up and implements spooky happenings along the roadway to the Haunted House. Lots of fun and the haywagon riders enjoy it. This takes place at the Scout camp where the Camporee was held. This is one busy Troop! The fire & rescue people convert the dining hall into a haunted house full of scary rooms to pass through at the end of which are Halloween snacks and beverages.