Camp Horseshoe (8/1)

Andrew was at Boy Scout camp this week and yesterday(8/1) was family day. I have never been to the scout camps before (since Tim is usually with them) so I was excited to see where he was staying. Steven and I went for family day (Tim and Kendyl stayed home as it was a long day 2-10).

I stopped along the side of the road for the pictures above!

Here is Andrew's tent (and Josh). Yikes! Thankfully he had a good one that didn't leak as there were storms almost every night this week. There sides were up for inspection which everyone passed with perfect scores this week - yeah Troop!

Here's a broader view. His camp was Conestoga. Basicall there were a bunch of tents, a pavillion, a few random picnic tables, a fire pit, "bathrooms", and a hard 3 sided shelter where the adults stayed.

After visiting camp, we headed for the pool where they had games planned. Only scouts participated, but Andrew was entered in 3 events and came in 3rd in "Hot Shot". He had to carry a match across the pool, then light it. He did well in the 50 yard swim too, especially since most of the kids were older. The hike to the pool was quite long and rough. No easy paths out there.

Here is my handsome guy ready for the nightly marching event (sorry, I don't remember what it's called). It was a nice ceremony where they take down the flag, but tonight, they also inducted new members into OA (Order of the Arrow).

The troop won the marching trophy last night for the first time in 10 years!!!! They were quite proud. Then, then won it again while we were there. 2 nights in a row. They were on fire.

Here are the Troop 100 campers this year.

Andrew watching the ceremony. The indian is part of the induction ceremony of the new OA members. Indians are a large part of all ceremonies at camp.

Here is a picture of them marching, when they won the award. Guess the judges weren't watching as Billy was off :-)

Here is Andrew's patrol flag. His troop is broken into 2 patrols. Shockwave and Ace. They even have patrol shirts that one of the mothers made. Nice group of boys in his patrol too.

Andrew earned 4 merit badges this week. Swimming, Shotgun, Weather and Papermaking (or something like that). He also did the polar bear swim every day so he will get a patch for that. He also climbed the 40 ft. rock wall (the hardest section). His favorite was the shotgun. Well, he should be home soon, time to wash the smelly, wet, gross laundry from the week.