Overall, the turkey fry went very well. The 1^st shift got there before 6AM and started sitting everything up.  The temperature was well below freezing when we started and pretty much all day long.

The kids in the troop were responsible for preparing the turkeys to be put in the fryer by getting them from the fridge and weighing them so the adults knew how long they were to be cooked.

After the turkeys were fried, we took the turkeys to the cooked turkey station where they were packaged up for customers to pick up so they could be enjoyed for Thanksgiving dinner the next day. All turkeys were carefully wrapped in aluminum foil and included reheating instructions.

The 1^st shift had about 65 or 70 turkeys finished by the time our shift ended.  The best part of the day was getting to eat the turkeys we just fried.  We had purchased 3 extra turkeys so we could eat them for lunch which was very good.

After our shift was over, all the giblets and extra parts were taken to Walden’s Puddle where they will be fed to injured animals who are there to be rehabbed before being returned to the wild.  Waldens Puddle was very thankful to get the turkey parts and was excited our troop thought about them when having our turkey fry.  In addition to the turkey parts all the old oil was given to be recycled so nothing went to waste.

All in all the Turkey Fry was a great success and we hope to build form our success and expand even ore next year.

SOLD OUT!

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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 – please submit your name & contact info using the online form below.  We will contact you if a turkey becomes available.

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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 2014.

Thanks y’all!

we got to our campsite at dark. We unpacked our tents and set them up. the next morning it was terribly cold! We ate breakfast and  started on the hike.

we saw some beautiful sights from the over looks. we stropped at a nice place to eat lunch and refill our water bottles.

then we started hiking again. the bucks and otters went on ahead and the honey badgers stayed behind and went slower. the honey badgers made a mistake and did a loop around a hill, but they found their way back on the trail.we saw more over hangs and cliffs.

 

After that it started to get harder and we had to climb some steep hills. we eventually arrived at the camp site and we were relieved that we could make a fire!

 

we set up camp and ate and told zombie stories around the fire. the fire cerimony consisted of ghost stories and skits. we all had a good time. in the morning we packed and went on a short walk to look over the cliff.

 

then we went on our big hike. it was a challenge, but a great success!