December 2015 Campout - Harriman State Park Skiing

November 2015 Campout - Warm Springs Fat Biking

October 2015 Campout - Twin Bridges & Scouting for Food

This month the Scouts went to Twin Bridges for their campout.  Beautiful fall foliage served as a backdrop for a great dinner and campfire program that ranged from a discussion of Nephi (a real renaissance man) to the Tales of Uncle Remus.

The following morning we returned after an excellent breakfast to collect donations for the annual Scouting for Food project.  The boys collected, sorted and delivered nearly 700 items of food!

Dinner Prep - Fajitas!

the Famous "Harry Buffalo" drink gets a slushy makeover 

Oliver enjoys his concoction of 4 different Kool-aid Flavors + Dry Ice (Harry Buffalo)

Breaking Camp

Breaking the Fast

Chorizo Breakfast Burritos - deliciosio!

Scouting for Food Counting

Scouting for Food Sorting

September 2015 Campout - Horseshoe Lake

September - Metalworking Merit Badge

With the help of Bron Wescott we had a great month working on the Metalworking Merit Badge

July - August 2015 Campout - Stake Encampment at Mickelson Ranch

James photobombs the photo of our campsite

The Dining Room

The Campsite

Cooking Dinner

Flag Ceremony Day #2

The hike to Coffin Lake

Coffin Lake

Rafting Box Canyon

Competition Day

Marshmallow Catapult

6th Ward Mugshot

Scout Skills - Building Fire

Scout Skills - Flipping Pancakes (catch and eat!)

June 2015 - Lyon Creek

Prior to our combined mutual activity on Saturday we headed up to the Targhee Forest at the head of Lyon Creek.  We found a nice spot in an aspen grove to spend the night, and set up camp.  The boys had "breakfast for dinner", making a nice chorizo and egg dish with Volcano Cake for dessert.

That evening we setup the telescope, got it sighted in and had fun looking at the moon, the planets and their moons and identifying constellations.  The boys sketched the position of the Big Dipper and North Star and then went to bed for a couple of hours before being roused again to sketch the change in position of the Big Dipper.  Pretty good empiric evidence that the earth is rotating around an axis that's pointed at the pole star.

The local cow herd did come to investigate our camp in the morning but didn't do much other than wake us.  After a quick breakfast it was off to the trailhead to begin their 15 mile trek with the rest of the youth.