Veteran's Day Parade 2011

  November 11th was the Veteran's Day Parade in Elma which the troop participated in.  The troop held our great banner made by Erin.  It was very wet that day and everyone was soaked by the time it was over.  At the end of the parade, the Elma Senior Center had hot dogs, chips, cookies, and sandwiches for the paraders.  After we ate the hotdogs and chips, we helped Bill take down some carports at the Memorial Park.





The Banner was held by Joe, Ty, and Ben.
The American and our troop flags were held by Donovan and Tom.




Bill driving a jeep at the front of the parade.




The troop walking in the parade.




The Cub Scout Pack in the parade.




Helping Bill take down the carports at the park after the parade.

-The Troop Historian

2011 Cub Scout Harvest Party

  The troop volunteered to help out with the Cub Scout Pack's Harvest Party on Oct. 27th at Beacon Elementary School.  There were a lot of games, costumes, and prizes at the Harvest Party.  Some of the troop made it to the party and helped out with games.  Here are pictures taken at the party.

The Harvest Party took place inside the gym.



The Cake Walk.




Tim manned the Dart Throwing Station.




Dan was in charge of the Apple Bobbing Station.




Andy stood at the Mixed-Up-Pumkins station all night.




The Putt Putt station was staffed by Ben and Adam


-The Troop Historian

September Court of Honor

  The troop had a Court of Honor on the 14th of September.  Which is basically an award ceremony.  All the merit badges, ranks, or any other awards that the scouts earned after the last court of honor are presented to them.

  Here are pictures that were taken during the award ceremony.

Folks showing up at the VFW park

Luke and Jae



Jason



Kyle

Jesse

Tim



Daniel







Joey



Tommy being awarded his merit badges

Jason awarded with his merit badges

Daniel being awarded his merit badges

Ty being awarded his merit badges

  -The Troop Historian

Flag Retirement at Elma

  Sunday, the troop went to Elma and met troop 4014 at the memorial park to retire some American flags.  The whole troop was in full uniform, it was probably 90 degrees out, and there was a fire going to burn the flags.  We were all very warm.

  As always, here are some of the pictures that were taken.

Before the ceremony

Both troops learning how to cut the flags



An awesome cannon in the park




Starting the ceremony.




Nutty Squirrels patrol, a pair a cubbies, and a girlscout participating in retiring an American flag



Raging Bulls patrol, and a cubbie retiring an American flag



Troop 4014 retiring an American flag



Waiting to burn the bits of the American flags



Afterwards, saying the scout oath and The Pledge of Allegiance

-The Troop Historian

Summer Camp

Summer camp this year was at Camp Parsons, one of the coolest camps ever! Parsons has mostly swimming and boating merit badges, probably because it has a very nice waterfront. The camp is right off of Jackson cove, which is off of Dabob Bay.  Here are some pictures taken during the summer camp at Parsons.



Scoutmaster Jae





The scoutmaster's adirondack




This is where the scouts slept



Tom cooking breakfast





Jeremy, Benjamin, and Ty eating breakfast





On the left is going to be the new trading post.  On the right is the Silver Marmoset Grill.





The Trading Post

 



Joe and Dan on the five mile hike.

-The Troop Historian

Wynoochee Troop Campout

  Last weekend the troop went on an overnight campout near Lake Wynoochee.  Some pictures were taken during the hike



The weather during our campout was very nice.



Here is some of the troop hiking down the trail to the falls.



On our way to the falls, we found a huge tree... I do not remember what it was.




This is the first waterfall we found.





On the trail were these armies of hemlock pinecones.




There was a bridge that went over the waterfall.




This was taken from the bridge.  A part of the troop is sitting next to the waterfall.





Jason



At the end of our hike was the this creek.  The Wynoochee River is over at the end.



when we got back from hiking, the troop decided to grab some firewood across the river.

  -The Troop Historian