Sunday Evening

 Camp has begun!

The troop is checked in and we had an official tour but the boys still need to find where some of their merit badges are located. Thats where they learn to ask for help and read maps. 

We had the Sunday evening dinner. It had mixed reviews from the tough critics under the age of 18 so parents back home must cook amazing food!

They're off to opening campfire soon and then merit badges start tomorrow.

Fortunately the weather turned out to be amazing today after there was initially a high chance of rain.  Hoping this continues!

They had a really cool feature with two staffers zip past with two flags prior to the retrieval of the colors.



The quarter mile zipline






Look closely for the two flags on the zipline
Mr Lucal has a dragon fly attached to his hat to ward off any potential mosquitos.



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