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LBL mountain biking

The bucks Patrol headed to land between the lakes in Kentucky for a weekend of mountain biking.
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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.

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We set up camp and headed out on the trail with the goal of riding 25 miles.

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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.

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After about six miles we stopped to have lunch of summer sausage sandwiches.

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Chippers chewed on his bone during lunch.

We also saw this very interesting fuzzy polypore mushroom.
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I took an artistic photo of the sky through the trees for instagram.

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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.

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We made some shepherd’s pie for dinner which looks like it is going to be delicious.

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Boxwell Canoeing and Sailing

This was a very fun and succesful trip. Almost all the Otters finished their canoeing merit badge and all the Bucks got the sailing merit badge. The wind was perfect… so perfect, that a few sailboats capsized. The sail got a little muddy but otherwise they were okay. We played capture the flag and had a great campfire ceremony. For two days, the Bucks and the Otters were stealing a pink, plastic flamingo from each other. Overall this was a great trip.

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Wave pool bike ride

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Eric’s Court of Honor

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Cumberland Caverns

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.

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Cumberland caverns

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Camp Boxwell

Boxwell was amazing this year. One of the things that happened was  during one of our breaks, David, Mr. Horace and I were playing soccer with Leo’s ball. That’s when I asked how high Mr. Horace could kick it. The first time he kicked it it got so high when it hit the ground and bounced back up, it went higher than the trees. David and I got all inspired and tried to do it but we couldn’t. It turned out Mr. Horace was a kicker for a football team in high school. He came back out to show us how to do it, he kicked it, and it went soaring. It came back down and got stuck in a tree. When Leo came back to camp Mr. Horace tried to blame it on me going ” Hey Leo, see that ball Noah got stuck in the tree?” for the next hour we all threw sticks at it and finally got it down.

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Adventures in Port St. Joe

 We arrived in Port St Joe and after a quick stop at the budget friendly Piggly Wiggly, we headed to camp.We spent the following days canoeing, sailing, fishing, and snorkeling in beautiful weather. The Barracuda patrol had some terrifying moments on the canoe trip-we forgot the forks and plates for our Ceasar salad. Luckily, Boy Scouts are always prepared and we had remembered to bring our fingers. Also, paddling up stream against the wind on the Apalachicola was a bit tough.

On the day that we chartered a boat for our deep sea fishing trip, we caught lots of yummy red snapper and mackerel. It was great fun however, I most likely will not choose to go deep sea fishing again if the words “choppy”, “sloppy”, or “rough as a corn dog” are used to describe the conditions at sea.

The menus for this High Adventure trip were outstanding and every boy got a turn at being cook for the day. The food was delicious and some of boys took the art of “slow food” to a new level. They are well on their way to earning cooking merit badges.

Other highlights of the trip were evening dips in the Gulf, a visit from a pair of rare Black Beaked Flamingoes, the Chuck Will’s Widow who sang to us all night, Armadillo, Osprey, Sting Ray and Dolphin sightings, the outdoor shower, teaching the boys traditional Scout songs like “You Shook Me All Night Long” by Sir Baden Powell (later covered by lesser know recording artists ACDC). I learned how to back up a canoe trailer, and that peace tree car air fresheners are an essential piece of equipment for all Scout trips, especially those involving fish and water. We have a great bunch of Scouts and Adult leaders and I can’t wait until next year!

An evening dip in the gulf


We had trouble convincing Reuben to stop birdwatching and do some fishing

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Add weekly plans to website

Here is a video that shows how to add weekly plans to the website. This is the Troop Webmaster‘s responsibility and the Troop Scribe will be responsible for updating the plans after the PLC meeting each month.

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knots trip report update

Troop 3 @ Camp Boxwell 2012

Hello to all,

been a great time here at camp this week. weather has been good. cool at night.

scouts are doing well, enjoying their mb classes for the most part. made some camp gadgets. johan taught younger scouts some knots and lashings. will post pics later. had many visitors. troop families. ollies, leo, collin, matthew, spencer and horace is here til friday. thanks to everyone for your support of the troops boxwell time

and to scoutmaster libor for also coming out for a visit and bringing supplies

thanks, ms becky