2009 Scout Camp at Duck Creek, Utah

On Monday, May 25th, 2009 through Friday, May 29th,we went to scout camp at Duck Creek, Utah. The boys who went were: Brad, Zac S., Keilor, Joel, Justin, Skylar, David, Nick, Ryan, Zack Y., Austin, Porter S., Ian E., Porter D., Brandon, Nicholas, Caleb, Ben, Spencer, Tyler, Jacob, Max, and Braden. The leaders who went were: Brother Bradshaw, Brother Papa, Brother Starr, Brother Erickson, Brother Plowman, Brother Traub, Brother Severtson, Brother Gale, Brother Barbier, Brother Woods, and Brother Shumway.

At 6:00 in the morning we left. The drive was supposed to be 8 hours, but there was a flat tire on the way there which made it 10 hours. When we finally got there we set up camp, ate dinner, and had our devotional.  We also had cake for dessert for Nicholas's birthday. Then we went to bed.

The next day we went bike riding on our mountain bikes. Many people fell off a few times and damaged their bikes. The bike ride was 15 miles and took up most of the day. Then we went to Zion National Park where we went on a hike. Then at the very end of the hike it started to rain. We also liked driving through a tunnel that was a mile long. That night for our devotional we had to retire an old flag by burning it.

The next day we worked on the orienteering merit badge and the cycling merit badge. We learned the different parts of a bike, how to use a compass with a map, and we set up an orienteering course. After that we went repelling down a 25-foot cliff. It was really fun and most people who did it wanted to do it again. When we got back we found out the teachers went around and messed up some people's tents. They ended up having to take down the tents for them. Then we had dinner and left to do our devotional. For our devotional that day we went and buried the ashes from the flag we burned. Then we went to bed.

The next day some of the kids woke up early to go fishing. Nobody caught anything though. Then all of the deacons went on the orienteering trail we made and had lots of fun doing that. We went canoeing after that which most of the kids went fishing again. Nobody caught anything still but some kids got close. Then we all ate dinner and played games that we learned like Scum, and Sensei, which we found out were both really fun. Then we went to bed.
The next day we all packed up our stuff and got new pocketknives as an award and we left. We all got home much faster than the way there.

To view all the pictures we took on the campout click here