We’re coming up on the month of October and Troops 612 and 2612 have a rollicking campout planned.
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July camping
Many troops have simply failed during lockdown, stopping all operations, even as their Scouts continue to get closer to aging out. Not Troops 612 and 2612. We’re continuing to try to advance in the face of the pandemic, and we’re working on figuring out the best ways to replicate the Scouting experience, at home. That’s why we had our campout on the 18th.
Tracy Wildlife Campout 2019
What a wonderful event.
The Troop was graciously invited to camp at the Tracey Wildlife Association campground. And the Troop, in turn, invited the 2nd year Webelos to join them.
There was great food, great fun, and great fishing. Plus lots of beautiful peacocks and other creatures to witness.
Troop 612 and their flying machines
This weekend was an overnight event at SACRC in Union City. While the camping wasn’t as woodsy as we’re used to, the opportunity was just what we needed. And while this did include an overnight experience, it was close enough to home to be a single day outing as an option.
Saturday started off with everyone getting a chance to fly high-quality remote-controlled planes. A scout would get a lesson in how planes flew, how the controls worked and what rules to follow.
While flying was fun, it wasn’t all fun and games. Due to technical difficulties, we did have two casualties right of the bat.
Some of these airplanes are very detailed. One dropped a parachute, others had contrails, and there were even a helicopter and something that looked like a jet-glider hybrid that had to be thrown to launch and skidded to a stop when landing.
Later that day when the winds were too strong for flying, the scouts when a little 2-mile hike to practice their orienteering. The terrain wasn’t very challenging but even the little levy and twisty trail were enough to show how easy it was to get lost.
After the hike through the beautiful Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, the scout patrols started making dinner. Some patrols played it safe and simple while others challenged themselves to try something new.
But have no fear, the adults always make the best meals.
Once night came, all was quiet and we could enjoy the feeling of isolation while only being 1,500 feet from a residential neighborhood.
In the morning the scouts had breakfast and a chance to fly a drone or where a VR headset that gave them a drone’s eye view. Then we broke camp and headed home which was all of 16 minutes away.