BSA Summer Camp 2005

Summer Camp 2005

June 26-July 2, 2005

We went down to Camp Thunder for Summer Camp again this year. We arrived on Sunday and set up camp in site 10 (Cherokee). After we got out personal gear unloaded and in our tent, we headed for the lake to do our swim tests. When we all finished with that, our guide took us on a tour of the camp. We got back in time to get dressed for dinner and later on there was an opening camp fire where we all met the staff.

Monday morning we found out where our Merit Badge classes were and headed off to class. This year we got to do the Merit Badges of our choice. Will, Jeris, Grant, Jared, Lance and Josh entered the volleyball tournament but lost the first game. They only lost by 2 points and the other team was much older. Some of the guys went to the Hunter Safety course that was held from 7:00 p.m. until about 10:00 for 2 or 3 nights. Andrew, Jared, Lance, Jeris, Grant, Will and Trent did do the Mile Swim. Some of us just spent free time hanging out in the creek, or fishing or just hanging around. We had card games going every night in the pavilion. We also had a Troop Meeting to talk about any special activities or requirements we had going on for the next day.

We probably had about 15 hammocks in the camp. Some of us slept in our hammocks every night. Luckily the weather was good.

The camp food was good (as good as school food). The best food was on Friday night. Mr. Wes brought down steaks and some of the parents cooked them for the other parents and Phillip cooked the one’s for the Scouts. We had steak, corn, potatoes, and cobbler. It was all delicious! Saturday morning we packed up our gear, loaded the trailer and headed out. On the way home we stopped at Golden Corral and ate lunch.

Hunter