Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Scout camp

On Monday, June 16, all the scouts left to this year’s scout camp. The boys that went are Michael C, Brad, Cody, Joel, Keillor, Skyler, Zach, David, Justin, Bryce, Nick, Tallon, Porter S., Ian, Porter D., Brandon, and Michael H. The leaders that went are Brother Bradshaw, Brother Weed, President Derrick, President

Hauserman, Brother Severtson, Bishop Layton, Brother Woods, Brother Corbitt, Brother Traub, Brother Plowman, and Brother Neeley. When we first arrived there, everybody set up their tents and a little bit after that we started on the basketry merit badge.

We all made paper baskets. Then we ate dinner and we played games until we had to go to bed.

On Tuesday we all woke up and read our scriptures. After that we ate breakfast. Then Brother Neeley taught the leather working merit badge. He taught us about all the types of leather there are. He showed us that when leather is wet it is softer and easier to work with. After that he gave us leather pocket knife holder kits and we got to draw on them and paint them and sew the pieces together. When we finished that merit badge we ate lunch. Then we got to finish our basketry merit badges by weaving a campstool. We ate dinner after that and we played some more games and went to bed.

On Wednesday we woke up and read scriptures some more until it was time for breakfast. After breakfast we all started the merit badge environmental science. The people that already had that merit badge started making a zip line. Brother Bradshaw brought all the materials we needed to do it. For environmental science we had to study two different areas and see what different animals, plants and bugs we could see. We also had to find out what we would have to do if we wanted to build something and how it would affect the wild animals. After we did that we started on the wilderness survival merit badge. We went through all the paper work and then we started making our forts to sleep in. We didn’t get to finish them at first because we had to eat lunch but after lunch we got to finish them. After we all finished we got in line for the zip line. We did that and we also carved sticks. We ate dinner then played some more until we had a little meeting and talked. After that we played zonked and then we went to bed in our forts.

On Thursday we woke up from our forts and we just played and walked around until breakfast. Then Brother Severtson taught the wood carving merit badge. For that merit badge we had to carve something into a stick, carve something into a flat piece of wood, we had to have a totin chip, and we also had to do some paper work. Brother Severtson said whoever gets the merit badge gets a pocket knife as a reward with it. The pocket knives really made us want to get that merit badge. After that we cleaned up trash in the girl’s camp as a service project. Then we were going to go on a hike but President Derrick’s truck started rolling off the road. So we decided to eat lunch while we were waiting for the camp rangers to come. After lunch we went swimming in a swimming hole that had a slide. The only thing wrong was that the water was a little cold. When we were done we came back to camp and played on the zip line and ate dinner. After that we had a while to share our testimony and then we went to bed.

On Friday we woke up and took down our tents and everything else. Then we drove over to Lake Roosevelt. Then we went canoeing there. It was really fun. After a few hours we decided to stop. We were all skipping rocks for a while until some of the adults arrived with the cars. Then we drove to a little area to go to the bathroom. After that we all started heading home.