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On a chilly Friday night we all departed out to Boxwell for our second annual highland games. After breakfast on Saturday we began our ‘’ scouty games ‘’. Which consisted of an orienteering course, lashing projects, obstacle courses, and Scottish relay races.

After the games we had a delicious dinner of red beans & rice with sausage and cornbread. And after dinner we had our dutch oven dessert contest which the whistlepigz won.
Then we had a wonderful campfire ceremony, directed by George. And finally we had our Scottish highland games.

Our events were the keg toss, the hammer throw, the stone throw, the caber toss, and a game of tug of war. our overall highland game winners by patrol were Franky, Gabe, and Lubos, and the Scottish spirit award went to Cooper. Todd got the win for the adults. The games were lots of fun and are a tradition we should keep.

This trip was a success. For their first troop structured trip the new honey badgers did a great job, and as a whole this was one of the most successful trip. on a warm humid Friday night we arrived at Rock island. When we got there we set up camp and had cracker barrel. On Saturday we split up into our groups and got into our kayaks. My group went to Rock island first , where we did our capsize drills.

There we got really cold, because the water was warm and the air was chilly. Later, the sun came out and we had lunch. After lunch, we got back into the water and had a game of kayak tag. Then we all met up and did our little river trip.

The next day we had a quick breakfast and went off to the waterfall for some swimming and rock hopping.

That was awesome! 

Overall the tomato fest was a success this year, but I saw room for a lot of improvement. In my opinion, next year this fundraiser should be scout run and we should have a smaller menu. But another good thing was the weather– it was not too hot, which doesn’t usually happen.

So this year I worked morning shift, Frankie and I were order fufillers. We worked from 8 to noon and when afternoon shift finished their lunch we were done. afterwards lots of us came back at the end to help clean up, and after that we had a water war with Libor

This was Troop 3’s second time going to Hiwassee, and my first time doing the whitewater school. Overall the instructors were very good and they helped me pick up a new skill called “bracing” which prevented 5 capsizes for my canoe.

On Saturday night we played a fun game of capture the flag. we also had the night entertainment, which was basically Buckethead ( an instructor) playing songs from old movies and having us guess what it was.

As for the new scouts, they did their own activities with the adults while we were at whitewater school. On the second day the actually were with us, but they did the river trip in funyaks.

After the river trip we dried off and went to have a fast food stop for dinner ( choice of subway or taco bell). then we loaded up and went home from our awesome river trip.

This year Boxwell was a blast ! I really enjoyed hanging out with the new guys.

On Sunday we met up at church after lunch and rode out together to camp.This year was our second time to have the foosball table, thanks to the ladies of the church who let us keep it after their yard sale last year. The foosball table was basically the center of our campsite, especially for the Whistlepigsz clan.

On Wednesday we had our Boxwell Triathalon and our representative Rowan came in 3rd. He was beaten by a Troop 217 scout several years older!. Also Noah got the gizmo.

On Thursday we had a water war with Troop 137. They took it way too far by trying to dump toilet water on us. We also had pool night, which was loads of fun. There was also a dodgeball tournament. We won the semi-finals, thanks to James who took the ball to the face for the win. Unfortunately, in the finals we lost to our rival Troop 217. Another thing great about Thursday was our lunch ( the best meal at camp) which was beef burritos.
on Friday, we took David ( our site guide) out to a Mexican restaurant and then saw the zombie themed campfire ceremony.

troop 3 will be hosting the yearly yard sale on Saturday april 18th from 8am to 2pm on EEUMC park on 12 & Holly St.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Last October troop 3 decided to make a journey over the pond to rustic Scotland (Boxwell) for some classic Scottish rituals to put some hair on the young boys chests. We departed on a cool October Friday evening driving into the past of manly heritage. Once we arrived at Scotswell we rather leisurely set up tents and camp kitchens for a night of cracker barrel and cheap drink mix. After a bit everyone decided it was time to hit the hay and returned to their tents for a good night of sleep. The next morning we rose bright and early somewhat ready for the obstacles of the day. While the cooks had breakfast brewing, my assistant and I, Collin were recruited to set up a treacherous orienteering course/ scavenger hunt. After we returned with dew soaked shoes the day officially began.

My assistant and I refereed the first round of games because we could not participate in the obstacle course, since we set it up. After that we joined in on the canoeing, carrying machines and obstacle courses. After the day was coming to a close we began dinner and a beautiful array of desserts. The dessert competition was won by none other but the whistlepigz who masterfully crafted a tres leches cake. After dinner the clean up captains got to work and everyone gathered around the fire to preform skits, tell stories, and good ol’ fashioned flag burning. After the ceremony was over everyone returned to their tents for another good nights rest. The next morning was  the beginning of the highland games.

Everyone ate a hearty breakfast and the day began. there was log tossing, shot put, hammer tossing, and at the end of the day, a vicious tug o’ war. Of course the scouts came out on top and after lunch we packed up and departed. Farewell Scotswell, until next year.

I liked this canoe trip very much and others did too. First around 5:30 PM we went to the church and started to load up gear and left around 6. The drive was about 2 and a half hours and we got to the Grimes Canoe Base. Once we got there we started putting up the kitchen and ate our crackle barrel (small snack for dinner). After that we set up our bed in the tents. The tents were little structures with canvas over the top with mattresses on the inside. Once we woke up, we started making breakfast and getting our stuff together for canoeing. We got our life jackets and our paddles and got in vans to get the the river. We then set off on the river. We canoed for about 3 hours and then stopped for lunch and fishing. Here we caught many fish that we ate that night.We picked up our canoed for another 3 hours with a few stops and got back to Grimes at around 4:00. We were extremely tired. Then we cooked dinner around 5:45 and the people that caught fish cooked their fish. We then ate and cleaned up. It was great. Then we went to this field and played a night game called slender. It is sort of like hide and go seek tag but creepier. After that, we had the fire ceremony and told some stories. After we went to bed and in the morning we ate breakfast. We then got all of our stuff and put it in the car. Then we drove another 2 hours and got back to the church. I loved the trip and I think every body else did too!