Cub Scout Day Camp

On Monday and Tuesday, Ryan was able to go to his first cub scout day camp at Camp Tracy in Millcreek Canyon. He has been looking forward to this day for an entire year. When I took my scouts last year, Ryan was extremely disappointed that he wasn’t able to join us.

The boys had a great time this year. There was a fun obstacle course, complete with a rope swing. The boys were thrilled to see that as part of the course. The camp counselor asked them if they wanted to be Indiana Jones on the rope swing. That obviously created even more excitement as they waited in line.
Another station had the boys make Native American “talking feathers” (FYI…the feather doesn’t talk, the person holding the feather talks). At the following station, they made headbands with Native American pictograms and then secured their feathers to the headbands.
The boys were excited to hear that they would have a chance to pan for gold. The camp counselor told stories while the boys waited patiently for their turn. Each boy panned until he found a nugget of iron pyrite.
The sports activity area had a variety of games, including horseshoes. Ryan found that he was a great horseshoe player, so during the free time at the end of the session, he spent his time there perfecting his skills.
The favorite activity, however, was the BB gun shooting range. Ryan hit several of the “easier” targets quite quickly, so he moved on to the more difficult targets. He only missed a couple of those attempts.
Side note – my allergies have been HORRIBLE the past several days. In fact, Marc called earlier in the week and asked if I was having allergy problems. Apparently we are genetically predisposed to be annoyed by the same things (interestingly, not just allergens). I took my strongest allergy medicine Monday morning, but between the cottonwood trees and the dust being kicked up by the boys, I was miserable by mid-day. My eyes were red and puffy, which was not good, since I was the driver!

Over the two days of camp, the boys earned several achievements and electives, as well as four belt loops! Ryan’s goal is to have his entire belt full of belt loops. He has a great start already! Despite the severe allergies, it was a fun couple of days.