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| Monday morning at the trail head, somewhere in the Ozarks. |
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| Forrest Ranger came to see them off because our Scouts doing a project for him - push the yellow wheel and measure distances along trail. |
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| Also picked up trash at the trail head. |
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| Our group returned 15 minutes after heading out. They apparently headed north instead of south, but got turned back around soon enough. |
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| Meanwhile, our logistics staff was staging lots of kayaks at the base camp we located at the mid-point of trek. |
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| More of our logistics staff provided the crew with a grilled steak supper Wednesday evening. |
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| Happy campers! |
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| This was my plate. I guess I should have brought better plates because my steak juice and pocket knife did a number on the paper...the juice ended up down below on the ice chest. |
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| Breakfast Thursday morning was "sugar" cereals and fresh cold milk - something you don't normally find along the wilderness trail. Oh yea, there was "Tang", the official orange juice of astronauts. |
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| After breakfast, we headed for the boat landing to launch our flotilla on the river. |
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| K7 waited for the crowd to thin out before launching. |
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| There they go! |
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| Here they come - 10 miles down river. K7 was supposed to take pictures on the float trip, but forgot his camera at base camp. |
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| "Hey, I need to take a group picture". |
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| I jokingly told them to arrange themselves by boat color...and they did! K7 is the guy in center of photo in red boat with his paddle straight up. |
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| "Alright, everyone out of the water!" and bring your kayaks with you. |
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| Logistics staff back in action loading up the boats for the drive home while Scouts get back on the trail for two more days. |
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| Somewhere along the trail up in the mountains. |
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| K7 pitched his tent next to this tree, and then discovered his new neighbor. |
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| Saturday morning pit stop for a swim. |
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| This was Wednesday evening at Base Camp. Our Bishop came out to present a fireside chat, complete with a TV and gas generator to run it! We were spiritually fed. Great week, great outing. What should we do for next year's big summer Scout trip? |
That looks like you all had SO MUCH FUN!!! I LOVE the float trip pictures! I didn't get to do that at Girl's Camp...it looks like so much fun! On the last photo I was like...What in the world? There's a TV out in the wilderness! Isn't that breaking the rules? LOL! :D
ReplyDeleteI would NOT be able to sleep if I saw that spider...just sayin'!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a great adventure. The color grouping on the river is my favorite part. Or the TV at a camp-site. K7 is getting so grown up!
ReplyDeleteI bet K7 did a Ronald Weasley impression when that spider came out! Hehee!
Love your pics! It looks like the boys really had a great time together! So was that like the boy version of "GIRLS CAMP" : D lol? Yeah, I agree with Laney . . . spiders aren't really my thing . . .lol I'm glad it went well and that you all had TONS of outdoor FUN!
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