Camp Bartlett 2009

This past week Landon and his troop were at Camp Bartlett.

I spent all day Thursday with Landon and the troops!

This year it rained off and on for about 3 out of the five and a half days

but the sun came out Tuesday, part of Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

Our troop had 5 Scouts at camp this year: Spencer, Ryan, Jordan, Landon & Daniel.

Camp activities included working on the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge.

One of the requirements includes hitting a target with 5 out of 5 rounds, all within a group the size of a quarter from 50 feet - and then repeat this feat five times! Both Ryan and Landon accomplished this!

Basketry Merit Badge was popular, as usual.

Landon, Ryan and others worked on their Art Merit Badge.

Others completed the Forestry Merit Badge.

Ryan spent any spare time working on his "Silent Boondoggling" Merit Badge.

The entire troop, leaders and dads also completed a 10'x10' axe-yard lashing service project together.

And, of course, there was plenty of food to go around as everyone worked on their Cooking (and eating) Merit badge!

Scoutmaster Scott even made some of his great dutch oven chocolate-cherry cobbler! Being a surgeon by profession, his skills did not get rusty as he was called to the first aid office at least once a day to suture both scouts' and leaders' pocketknife or boxcutter-induced lacerations - many of which were casualties of the Woodcarving Merit Badge!

By the end of the week, Landon had earned 5 Merit Badges: Art, Fish and Wildlife, Forestry, Rifle Shooting, and Woodcarving. Despite the off and on rain, mosquitoes and muddy trails, everyone had a great time this year at Camp Bartlett!