Scout Sunday at the Purdys UMC

We spent a wonderful morning attending our Chartering Organization's Sunday Service where we presented the congregation the annual Charter from the BSA.  After the services we spent some time sharing cookies and coffee and getting to know our sponsors.  When we were done we spent the rest of the morning working with the Church helping them set up for their annual tag sale.

It was great to see our Scouts give back to the organization that gave Troop 4 life and provides us meeting space, committee members and helps us with our Boards of Review.

Clear Lake Campout

If they made a movie about our weekend it would be titled Cold & Colder.  Friday was damp, cold, then downright wet.  Our promised good weather on Saturday turned into a windy cold day, and a very cold night.

All the scouts were terrific.  We ended up with a great 4 mile hike on Saturday along the ridge over looking the two lakes and had a chance to do some rank advancement for all the scouts not just the newest ones.  Our Star Scouts worked with our Tenderfoots and 2nd Class scouts on advancements, and Steve and I started the new Scouts on their Tenderfoot requirements Saturday morning.

The meals were all prepared on time and nobody seemed to go away hungry.  The foil burgers seemed to be a big hit and all the scouts worked hard at collecting enough firewood to cook over the open fire. They need to work on their definition of "clean" for KP duty, but they didn't do too badly for what was for many the first time being responsible for their camping kitchen.  I particularly pity the boys who took home the griddles to clean.

For the full story in photos please check out the Troop album.  The folder for the weekend's campout can be found here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114081196567743974684/ClearLakeCampoutApril2014?noredirect=1

If you took pictures this weekend and want to add them to the album let me know and I will send you a note with a link you can use to upload.