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Summer Camp 2017 - by: Garrett S.
Rocket Launch campout - October 2011
The rocket launch held during the Bong Rec. Area campout went very well. We started a little after 2pm and finished up about 4:30pm. In all we launched 31 rockets. All but one rocket were recovered. 8 scouts, a Webelo, plus myself flew at least one rocket each. The weather was beautiful - above normal temperatures, clear skies and only slightly windy. The most prolific flier, besides myself was Evan H. who flew his "NASA's First" six times on motors ranging from a B6 to a C6. The most popular motor was the C6 (of course!! More Power!!! ) It was used on 12 rocket flights. That was followed by the B6, used 9 times. Possibly the most creative named rocket was "The Lohan", flown by JT M. Ask him why he named it that. A rocket was even built by the Scouts, in the morning before the launch at the campsite. They used extra parts Kody had, and used Duct tape and possibly chewing gum to construct it. A rocket like that is known as a S.P.E.V. (Spare Parts Elimination Vehicle). It flew twice, until it fell apart. I flew a few different looking rockets. A R2-D2 replica, a styrofoam UFO, a cone shaped spacecraft, a scale model of a Jupiter-C and a normal looking rocket. Looking forward to the next launch. Mr. Koszuta |
Adventure Rock, 2016. Report by: Noah R.
Some of the Boy Scouts of Troop 208 went to Adventure Rock on November 21. Cole and Garrett came late by about five minutes. We climbed for about 4 hours. We had races on the easiest wall. The best time was 15.43 seconds. I hope every scout will come next time. |
"Soaring with Eagles" Camporee 2016. Report by: Noah R.
Camporee
I went on the Camporee with Boy Scout Troop 208. We left at 6:00 PM on October
14 and came back October 16 around 11:45. I was ASPL (Assistant Senior Patrol
Leader) and Zeno was SPL (Senior Patrol Leader). For the first time in a year
we had some Webelos 2’s camping with us. There were some big disappointments
that annoyed everyone. However the camp out had some very good points. |
Camping trip to Readstown, 2016. Report by: Noah R.
Most of Troop 208 went on a trip to Mr. S.'s land. We had some unusual
campers: three mothers and a six year old. The trip started on August 12 and
ended on August 14. We went to work on the cooking merit badge and to have
fun. The scouts that didn't already have the cooking merit badge worked on it. They learned how to cook in a Dutch oven, over open fire, and on a stove. My favorite thing the scouts learned how to cook was a S'mores Brownie. We had a lot of activities on the land. We made a fire, played games, and hiked/slid down hills. Some of the games we played are dodge ball, 500, and Bang. I got to be the caller for two rounds of 500. I think that everyone had fun. I know I did! |
S.T.E.M. Merit Badge clinic, report by Adam D.
Last Saturday some of us participated in the Robotics merit badge event. I personally though it was lots of fun. We built a LEGO robot and programmed it with a computer. We also had a competition with our robot against other groups. Our robot placed first out of all the other groups in both challenges. We got to eat lunch there too. It was delicious. I had chicken tenders, French fries, and ice cream with an extra waffle cone. There was a boy there that earned his Eagle Scout award and he was only 13. He also had five of his friends that earned their Eagle Scout award too and they were only 13. All in all, it was a very good event to go to, I had a very good time. |
Camping at Blackhawk, 2016. Report by: Noah R.
Our troop 208 recently returned from a week long adventure at Camp Blackhawk in Michigan. We were there for a full week starting on July 23 at 7:45 am. Our journey began on a 4 hour car ride. That first Saturday was spent setting up tents and barns and we weren’t even done at dinner. Our chef by the way was Mr. Stepanovich, who did a super job of preparing the first 5 meals in the week! We did get to have a fire that night even though some of us weren’t finished setting up tents. Day Two did not start off so great as it poured rain from 3am till around lunch. We spent a lot of time in the Barn that we had set up, talking and waiting for the rain to stop. We basically hung around the camp site and started thinking about our merit badges. But Day Three was sunny and everyone started their merit badges. I did sailing in the morning and welding in the afternoon. Seriously, welding. You should see the cool thing I made. The best part of the day was when we scouts did the cooking for dinner. We decided to swap the chili for tacos and we rocked it! Day Four for me involved cooking which was fine and KP which was not so fine. I don’t want to complain but I had KP duty 14 times this week! Hmmm…I guess I do want to complain. Dave Five I got to do sailing and welding again and I was very happy! Especially when the dinner was great burgers and STEAK! Day Six had me doing MORE KP! But it was ok cause that was the day we finished our 24 hour fire and that was pretty amazing. We were doing service time the whole week. For our Service Time we worked to improve the campground. We did a lot of pulling out of stumps which was hard work! But we had an incentive since the stumps had been involved in tripping three of our scout leaders. They had to go! Friday was the make up day for everyone to get their badges completed.The last day was Saturday and we basically cleaned up the area and packed all our gear. The ride home was not as exciting as the ride to camp. I guess that’s a sign that it was a great experience. Wish you could have been there! |
Bike Trip, 2016. Report by: Noah R.
On June the 24-26, some of the Boy Scouts of Troop 208 went on a bike outing. We camped at New Glarus State Park. The camp was one of the best because it was mostly shaded and we were at the end of the line of camps. The start of the outing didn't go according to plan. One of the kids who was supposed to come couldn't make it. His name is Zeno and he got stuck at theater camp. Five scouts and four adults were supposed to go on the trip, but we had to leave with four scouts and four adults. Then we got to our camp site and set everything up. The morning we were going for the bike ride, Eric and his dad, the Scout Master, had to leave. I do not know why. We rode on the Sugar River Trail and Badger State Trail. During the ride, we met up with Layton and his dad. Sadly, they couldn't come to the tunnel because they had to leave. The weather ended up being around 90 and no clouds all day. Around the half way point we found the cool tunnel. It was cool in both ways! It was an old train tunnel, and it was far enough under ground to be much cooler than the rest of the trail. About 50 feet away from the tunnel we could feel a wall of cool air. It was refreshing because we were all hot and sweaty. We ended up riding about 35 miles even though the tunnel was only 25 miles there and back. On the way back to camp, we stopped at a gas station to get Gatorade. It was cold and refreshing after the long bike ride. But we all had trouble getting up the two mile long, steep hill back to camp after our break at the gas station. Once we got to camp, we were all hungry because we didn't finish until after 2:30. That evening, we went to a pool to cool off. It was only $3 per person, and my dad said that the shower was worth $3. We had a fire after dinner, which was at 9:00. That night was very rainy and stormy. Everything was wet, even some things in the tents. We ended up packing up wet and taking tents home to let them dry. I liked the outing because I got to spend time with other scouts and my family. I was surprised the younger scouts wanted to try for 50 miles. I was also surprised that we could all ride 35 miles without much practice in that heat. |
Noah's Ark, 2016. Report by: Noah R.
The Boy Scouts went to Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells on Friday, June 17. Two adults and seven boys went on the trip to the water park. The day was warm and sunny so we all put on a lot of sunscreen. The park was not too crowded for us to get on all the rides we wanted. Once Ian and I got changed we couldn't find anyone for about half an hour. After that we found Zeno and Garrett in the wave pool. Once we decided to get out of the wave pool we went over to Black Thunder. Black Thunder is a group of four slides by the park's edge. The two middle slides are the exact same. The outer ones twist around each other off to the side. I rode both of the slides they were letting us go on with Zeno. Once we were done there we went to some of the bigger rides like Stingray, Kowabunga, and Flash Flood. Only Zeno and I went on Stingray as far as I know. I really liked going on rides with Zeno because when he got surprised he would yell a random word. I found out Mr. Studer landed the flip on the boogie board rider but I wasn't there to see it. After we were done with the park we went to Pizza Ranch. We had an interesting conversation trying to guess each other's middle names at dinner. No one left Pizza Ranch hungry in our group. Both of the car rides were long and boring, but that is not a big price for that much fun. |