June 2015 Campout - Fishing at Small Fry Pond (Estacada, OR)

This month, we were working on the fishing Merit Badge. On Friday, we drove just South of Estacada, and set up camp at Lockaby Campground, just off Clackamas Highway. It was in the 90's and sunny, so we were all pretty hot from setting up camp and decided to cool off with a swim in the river which was just below camp.

The Water in the river was pretty cold. Some of the boys realized that the stagnant ponds had much warmer water, and used it to warm up a tad. Let's just say they didn't smell so great afterwards.

After we'd cooled down, we headed back to Promontory Park, which was about a 15 minute drive down the road. The park itself was closed, but we got permission from a park ranger "because we were boy scouts" to go fishing in the stocked pond there. We walked down to Small Fry Pond, which is a tiny lake, maybe 150ft long and 50 feet across. It was just big enough for the boys we had fishing.

After a great afternoon of fishing with all of the boys catching fish, we headed back to camp. The boys swam and fished in the Clackamas River, and then cooked their fish up for dinner. The pan fried trout was delicious.

Bishop Jaussi even jumped into the river with his son.

On Saturday, we played and fished in the river next to our campground again. Some of the boys even tried to combine fishing and swimming.

 Bishop Jaussi showed us a thing or two about catching rocks fish.

 

Jack caught the last (and by far, largest) fish of the day. a 15 inch catfish.

Winter Camp 2015

Our annual trip to Mt. Hood was different this year.  Instead of our normal 5+ feet of snow, we were greeted with dirt and rocks.  It is amazing to be at that elevation and not have snow.

The boys did a great job of making the best of the situation.  Shortly upon arrival they found the small stream and did their best to stay out of the water.  A few came back to camp with wet shoes.  This was not suprising at all.  Boys + water = someone getting wet.

The overnight temps were in the 30s and we survived the night.  This would be a good time to ask your son how the camp went and how they slept.  If they were too cold, what could they do differently next time? Would they bring different clothes?  Food? etc.

Here is a link to some photos from the campout.  I also took a few videos and I will get those posted soon.

http://adobe.ly/1CwD6jZ

Enjoy!

Lost Lake - September 2013

We just finished our trip up to Lost Lake on the North side of Mt. Hood.  It was a beautiful area with an amazing lake.  The camp ground was perfect for our needs and we recommend it to any family that is looking for a place to camp.  They offer boat rentals which includes kayaks, canoes and row boats.

We arrived Friday night and quickly setup camp before it got dark.  It started to rain on us, but luckily it stopped and didn't really resume until we went to bed.  It rained all night.  At times it was pretty heavy rain.  We were worried what the next day would look like, but we woke up to blue skies.  See the pictures below.

Below are some pictures from our trip:

Tucker was working on his Cooking merit badge and cooked dinner for Bro. Hicken and Bro. Anderson.  It was delicious!

Although it rained all night, this is what we woke up to.  It was a beautiful morning!

Scout Camp 2013 - Pioneer

Hello Parents!

Scout Camp is coming up on July 15th and we need to get ready.  The link below includes all the information you will need to get ready for Scout Camp this year.

http://t849.blogspot.com/p/scout-camp-2013.html

Right now there are three things I need from each family:

1. Confirm that your son is coming?

2. Get your medical forms filled out and turned in by June 15th (http://www.cpcbsa.org/medical-form)

3. Pay for scout camp by June 15th (submit payments to a member of the bishopric)

If you have any questions about camp this year, please let us know.

Thanks,

Nathan Anderson

Mike Hicken

Collin Hales