Scout Camp with Troop 420
at Camp Easton, Idaho
July 17-24, 2010
It was a good week at Camp Easton on the shore of Lake Coeur D'Alene in Idaho.
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): July 17-24, 2010. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 53 of 53 Total. 604 Visits.
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enlarge 220KB, 800x600 2 IMG 2716 Parker, Dennis, and Kyler.
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Parker and Kyler cleaning up after a great pasta dinner our first night in camp.
enlarge 291KB, 800x600 8 IMG 2724 A lot of scouts getting checked for CPR.
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That's the trading post in the background. Ice cream was a big hit during the week.
enlarge 216KB, 800x600 10 IMG 2726 Another campfire after dinner.
enlarge 211KB, 800x600 11 IMG 2727 Cards were a popular pastime.
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The only bad thing about the camp were the campsite facilities. You can see that we are using our own tarp to provide rain and shade protection. We also had to carry water in big jugs from quite a ways away.
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Lining up for morning assembly. We didn't have patrol flags our first day, and we were the last troop in for dinner. We did a little better after the flags were made.
enlarge 281KB, 800x600 14 IMG 2730 The Raccoon Patrol
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The Owls - they had the best patrol yell and were almost always the first patrol in the troop dismissed for a meal.
enlarge 285KB, 800x600 16 IMG 2732 The Panther Patrol.
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Setting up Troop 420's morning program - "Hammertime/Too Legit to Quit/Ice, Ice, Baby!"
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Having the most original opening program ever, gets the troop dismissed first (first time ever).
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enlarge 212KB, 800x600 21 IMG 2737 A view towards the Campfire Bowl.
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Looking across the parade ground towards the mess hall. Handicrafts were done in the little building to the right of center.
enlarge 196KB, 800x600 23 IMG 2739 A view of the lake from the Campfire Bowl.
enlarge 286KB, 800x600 24 IMG 2740 The Quest for Eagle class at the Nature Area.
enlarge 165KB, 800x600 25 IMG 2741 Squirly (the camp's favorite staff member) showing the class a Black Bear skin.
enlarge 152KB, 800x600 26 IMG 2742 You wouldn't wand to meet this fellow (a grizzly bear skull) on a dark night.
enlarge 154KB, 800x600 27 IMG 2743 Another view - Squirly said that this particular bear had killed a person.
enlarge 134KB, 800x600 28 IMG 2744 "My, what big teeth you have!"
enlarge 305KB, 800x600 29 IMG 2745 Squirly show off a pair of moose antlers.
enlarge 278KB, 800x600 30 IMG 2746 Squirly was a great teacher and kept about 50 boys in line by his enthusiasm and humor.
enlarge 337KB, 800x600 31 IMG 2747 Hey, Moose! "Who, me?" Naaa, I'm talking to the 50 other mooses hanging around.
enlarge 276KB, 800x600 32 IMG 2748 Now that's a Moose.
enlarge 292KB, 800x600 33 IMG 2749 It's a hard life for the dads at camp.
enlarge 169KB, 800x600 34 IMG 2751 Beautiful sunsets were the rule at camp.
enlarge 224KB, 800x600 35 IMG 2755 Peter, Dave, and Cameron getting ready to do their Wilderness Survival campout.
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Parker and Darrin waiting to get checked out for the Wilderness Survival Campout. You can't take sleeping bags, tents, or tarps along.
enlarge 248KB, 800x600 37 IMG 2757 Parker and Darrin checking their stuff under the watchful eye of Mike Neil.
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enlarge 192KB, 800x600 45 IMG 2766 Don't run in to the dock - the test was along the docks which made a short run with a lot of turns. It was hard because you had to stop and turn around and you lost all your momentum.
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enlarge 215KB, 800x600 47 IMG 2769 The waterfront was one of the strengths of the camp.
enlarge 238KB, 800x600 49 IMG 2771 Getting ready for the Patrol Relay Game.
enlarge 220KB, 800x600 50 IMG 2772 Pete running down for his question in the Patrol Relay.
enlarge 246KB, 800x600 51 IMG 2773 Parker ready for his turn.
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Dennis giving the question for the Patrol Relay - there were 40 questions and if the scout didn't know the answer, he had to run back and the next scout had to dome down to answer it.
