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Well, yesterday saw another hike, although this one was brief, and no fire and steak. We were under the gun time-wise and had to get in and get out. Would have posted these up last night, but one of our boys had his Eagle Ceremony, so that took priority. (And it was an awesome ceremony btw. Kid really made all of us super proud.)
Anyways, me and my homie were out to scope out the grounds where we would be having our spring camporee. At the district meeting they asked us what would be a good theme for it, and being an all around awesome guy, I chimed in "Hey, let's do wilderness survival." There being a merit badge of the same name, it was a no-brainer.
So, after everyone saw the wisdom of my suggestion, that is what we are going to do. But we gotta get the lay of the land first.
This is where we had camped during the winter, actually the first day of actual winter, as it started snowing right as we got started setting up our tents and kept going for the next 24 hours.
Anyways, here we go. (On a side note, we didn't have any opportunities to cut anything, and I didn't feel right doing it just to do it, so there are no Becker pics, however my BK2 and BK14 were nearby, in case some random cutting needed done.)
These first three are the campsite as you enter it. One of many, this one is fairly secluded and away from everything else in the park.
This is off to the left if you are looking into the camp area from the first three pics. Although you can't see it that well, there is a lot of laid down grasses that will be great for bedding and thatching, and several small standing trees they can tie to for their shelters that they have to build and stay the night in. Still close to the tents, and very accessible.
This is the far back corner where we are thinking of sticking our troop.
And this is the view from that back corner back towards the entrance to the campsite. If you look you can see how it slopes down off to the right, that is the area where they will make shelters.
This is at the back of the site, where there is a huge flat expanse of nothing but dirt and rock. It will be perfect for the fire stations, where they will have to show several ways to start a fire without matches.
Down from there, you have this creek, that is some great moving water. It looks kinda silty cause it had been raining all night, but the water moves through a good bit of rocks and whatnot. Guess where they will be learning several ways to purify water?
The next two are the bottom and the top of the trail that lead away from the creek area to a small pond.
This is the pond that is off to the right if you are looking into the camp area from the first three pics. It is kinda gross, so no water from here.
This is another camp area off from the pond back and in the opposite direction from our camp area. To be honest, there are about 7 that are bigger than where we will be staying.
When we got done, we headed down to the old district camp ground that the district sold off several years ago, about ten minutes from where we will be camping. There are a few people that live there, but you can still see some of the scout stuff around.
Here is an old order of the arrow totem pole.
And here is a neat looking old obelisk that overlooks a pond.
Anyways, that was my Saturday morning. Spent a good bit of time after I got home making firestraws and reloading my firekit. And since I didn't post any Becker pics up, I am going to put together another thread showing everything on my BK2 and all the stuff in the kit on it.
Anyways, me and my homie were out to scope out the grounds where we would be having our spring camporee. At the district meeting they asked us what would be a good theme for it, and being an all around awesome guy, I chimed in "Hey, let's do wilderness survival." There being a merit badge of the same name, it was a no-brainer.
So, after everyone saw the wisdom of my suggestion, that is what we are going to do. But we gotta get the lay of the land first.
This is where we had camped during the winter, actually the first day of actual winter, as it started snowing right as we got started setting up our tents and kept going for the next 24 hours.
Anyways, here we go. (On a side note, we didn't have any opportunities to cut anything, and I didn't feel right doing it just to do it, so there are no Becker pics, however my BK2 and BK14 were nearby, in case some random cutting needed done.)
These first three are the campsite as you enter it. One of many, this one is fairly secluded and away from everything else in the park.
This is off to the left if you are looking into the camp area from the first three pics. Although you can't see it that well, there is a lot of laid down grasses that will be great for bedding and thatching, and several small standing trees they can tie to for their shelters that they have to build and stay the night in. Still close to the tents, and very accessible.
This is the far back corner where we are thinking of sticking our troop.
And this is the view from that back corner back towards the entrance to the campsite. If you look you can see how it slopes down off to the right, that is the area where they will make shelters.
This is at the back of the site, where there is a huge flat expanse of nothing but dirt and rock. It will be perfect for the fire stations, where they will have to show several ways to start a fire without matches.
Down from there, you have this creek, that is some great moving water. It looks kinda silty cause it had been raining all night, but the water moves through a good bit of rocks and whatnot. Guess where they will be learning several ways to purify water?
The next two are the bottom and the top of the trail that lead away from the creek area to a small pond.
This is the pond that is off to the right if you are looking into the camp area from the first three pics. It is kinda gross, so no water from here.
This is another camp area off from the pond back and in the opposite direction from our camp area. To be honest, there are about 7 that are bigger than where we will be staying.
When we got done, we headed down to the old district camp ground that the district sold off several years ago, about ten minutes from where we will be camping. There are a few people that live there, but you can still see some of the scout stuff around.
Here is an old order of the arrow totem pole.
And here is a neat looking old obelisk that overlooks a pond.
Anyways, that was my Saturday morning. Spent a good bit of time after I got home making firestraws and reloading my firekit. And since I didn't post any Becker pics up, I am going to put together another thread showing everything on my BK2 and all the stuff in the kit on it.
