LATE BREAKING NEWS . . . Due to the unprecedented demand for turkeys this year, we’ve added a few more last-minute birds to our flock. So if you missed out during the initial order taking, you can still have a Cajun-fried turkey for Thanksgiving. Quantities are limited; we only have a handful available. To reserve one, send an email to turkey@nashvilletroop3.com. Thanks!
The Bucks left for Land Between The Lakes to go mountain biking on a Saturday morning. After a stop at the visitor center, we picked a campsite, set up camp, and hopped on our bikes. We aimed to bike twenty five miles when we started. The terrain was very good for biking. We went on and off road. We had a few wipe outs and a lot of up hill. We had bagel sandwiches for lunch. After 14.98 miles, we got back at our campsite at about four o’clock. We had shepherd’s pie for dinner, and a very fun campfire ceremony. The next morning, we woke up, ate a breakfast of eggs and sausage, and headed out to a different trail where we biked 6.5 miles. On the way home, we stopped at Taco Bell and got back at four thirty.
A big THANK YOU to the community for its enthusiastic support of this year’s Turkey Fry! We have officially sold out of turkeys. If you would like to be placed on our “Stand By” list – in case we get a cancellation or someone doesn’t show up to claim their turkey – send a note to our order taker at turkey@nashvilletroop3.com.
We are still gratefully accepting donations for the Merin Family. Please contact our Troop Treasurer at helen@nashvilletroop3.com for details on how to get those to us.
And if you missed out this year, don’t be glum. This is an annual event, so there’s always next year. Just be sure to order early! We’ll begin taking orders in early November 2013.
Thanks y’all!
This was a very fun day hike but also turned out to be one of the most brutal. We started around 9:00 and stayed in a group until about mile one where we split up.
We walked on while observing some very pretty views, acorn throwing, and the Sewanee wilderness. At around mile 6.5 we sat down for lunch and filled up water bottles. Despite some problems with knowledge of how to use the steripen, lunch was pretty good.
We then continued the backbreaking hike over the hills of Sewanee and a few paved areas. Around the 15 mile mark we hit a paved trail that was relatively flat and continued our trek as the sun ducked behind the trees.
It became complete darkness when we finally reached the cross on the hill but it made a great place to stop and rest.
From that point on our spirits were lifted and we continued hiking the last 1 mile on pavement. By the end of the hike our feet and legs were aching for relief so we got in the cars and went to hardys for some dinner without shoes. Overall this was a fun trip although I probably would not do this again for a while.
Going ziplining was really fun. We got to compare how well we did by watching as each person went by. During the zip, we would do things like put our feet above our heads and scream or try to do the moon walk in the air. Our instructor was great and after we landed( usually Mr. Mike on his butt, what he called a perfect landing,)we would scream walnuts so they knew we were off the hook. Before and after the zipping, we would hike, and we got to see a huge old coal mine. All in all, it was a great trip.
The bucks Patrol headed to land between the lakes in Kentucky for a weekend of mountain biking.
We stopped at the golden pond welcome area to get our backcountry camping permits. On the way in we saw these flying agarics which we had to stop and photograph.
We set up camp and headed out on the trail with the goal of riding 25 miles.
We stopped along the way to get a photo of this shelf mushroom, Libor is there to give perspective as to how large it is.
After about six miles we stopped to have lunch of summer sausage sandwiches.
Chippers chewed on his bone during lunch.
We also saw this very interesting fuzzy polypore mushroom.
I took an artistic photo of the sky through the trees for instagram.
We got back to camp around 5, but we were short of our goal, but did manage to do 15 miles, which a couple of the boys need for the biking merit badge.
We made some shepherd’s pie for dinner which looks like it is going to be delicious.
Cumberland Caverns was a great trip that everyone enjoyed. We got to crawl and climb over a ton of things. At one point we went to a place called Bubble Gum Alley, were everything was muddy. We even got to see a amazing light show that at first was pitch black. You could not even see your hand in front of your face! Are campsite was in a huge room that had enough room for are whole troop plus a lot more.. After we came back from are first tour, some of us bought some wooden airplanes and flew them of the top of a huge cliff. All in all, I think we are going to be back soon.