Both Jacob and Joshua got to attend Scout camps this summer!! It makes dad pretty happy that the guys are into Scouts!
Jacob spent Webelos Week at Camp Massasoit in Plymouth, MA. It was Pirate Week there so there were many reports of burning and pillaging. Jacob completed many advancement requirements in a number of areas and even earned his 2007 National Shooting Team badge for his proficiency on the BB range!
Though John didn’t get to spend much time there this year, he did make it down for the final BBQ and campfire - many fun songs and skits were performed!
Joshua spent a week tenting with his buddy Walter at T. L. Storer Scout Reservation in New Hampshire. John did a three night stint as Assistant Scoutmaster and got to share in some of the fun!
Josh earned the Archery, Wilderness Survival, and Environmental Science merit badges while at camp - a busy week!!
In a moment that made dad particularly proud, Josh participated in the big relay race at camp. He was to ride the mountain bike leg for his troop (a tough hill climb on a gravel road that most riders had to walk parts of). When he got to the end of his leg, the runner he was supposed to hand off to wasn’t there!! Josh bravely dropped his bike and ran on to complete the subsequent leg as well!! Well done boy!!!
T.L. Storer! My FAVORITE place! Tommy was a CIT there this year and he had fun, so I KNOW that Josh did too! Sorry I missed seeing you up there. I had the pleasure of doing all but 1 Sunday checkin. Would have loved to see you!
Back to Gilwell!
Marian McQuaid
great pictures!!