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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 by Thing One

Thing One’s report from Fire Mountain Scout Camp, July 9-14. He earned his Environmental Science merit badge and will complete his Fishing and Art merit badges at home.

The troop at campOn July 9 – 14, I went to Fire Mountain Scout Camp. They have a fishing dock, a rifle range, an archery range and a lot more. My troop was in the Chief Joseph camp site. The lake had rainbow trout in it. One of my friends made a fishing rod with a stick and put fishing line on it and caught some fish with it. I caught one fish. I was going to cook it at camp but there was a burn ban, so I brought it home to cook so I can get my Fishing merit badge. At the trading post I bought a magic Fire Mountain ball which is a ball with the Fire Mountain logo on it which answers yes or no questions.

We did other fun things besides merit badge classes. (more…)

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 by The Gimlet

The Gimlet’s report from Fire Mountain Scout Camp, July 9-14. The Gimlet is the scoutmaster for Thing One’s troop. See the Gallery for all the pictures from this year’s summer camp.

Scoutmaster Splash and Paddle competitionI have survived scout camp. 6 days and 5 nights with a group of 11 boys. I may not have been at work for a week, but I am ready for a vacation!

I believe we had a successful activity. The boys seem to have come off of the camp with an understanding of each other and still remain friends. They were successful in earning a variety of merit badges. The camp is a beautiful facility. There were many opportunities to earn merit badges. I am hoping this is the start of an improved scouting program in this troop. I also hope the boys enjoyed the event and had a good experience.

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Sunday, July 16th, 2006 by Thing One

Thing One’s report from Fire Mountain scout camp, July 10-14.

Yes, it's really that green here. Click to see all images from scout camp.On July 10th-July 14, Troop 175 and many other troops went to Fire Mountain scout camp. I earned the swimming merit badge and I am now a tenderfoot scout. Also, EVERYTHING, from camp to the trading post was a ¾ mile hike!!! I’m going to finish the basketry merit badge at home because the craft staff wasn’t much help. On Tuesday and Friday night we had shows, with funny skits and songs like a “Swiss boy”. My favorite part of that was the mountain climber. His call was “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa splat!”. There was another song called the moose. My favorite part of that song was the verse after the moose had his head in the water for 2 hours. My favorite, favorite part of that was “He decomposed!”. and also a skit the staff performed. Where there were other staff that either went “down there”, or “up there”. Two of the staff’s choice. The problem at camp was the tents were leaky and I would want to bring our own tent next year so there are no leaks when it rains hard, like on Wednesday. I hoped you enjoyed my entry of Fire Mountain. *cheer* :D

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