Family Camping

On the weekend of August 14-16, 1998 we had our first family campout at Camp Blanding with the whole new leadership. A total of 8 families showed up including 10 parents and 10 adults and we all had a great time.

Friday was spent waiting for all the families to show up while the boys played and had a great time in the water all day. That night was spent around the campfire listening to all things, the Jaguars game.

Bright and early the next morning Cubmaster Joe showed up at around 6:30. After showers, breakfast, and opening ceremony, we had a 2 mile hike. Right as we were ready to leave Assistant Cubmaster Fred showed up from having to stand duty the night before. During the hike, we all stopped every half mile for a water break since it was already 85 degrees. Although alot of the boys complained they were tired, they sure had enough energy to run when they saw our campsite again. Afterwards while Cubmaster Joe, Mr Glenn, and Mr Leo went to get some canoes we all got changed to go swimming in the lake. This is mainly what we all did until it was time for supper. After supper we had our evening campfire along with skits and games. Since there were only 2 Bears and 3 Webelos along on the trip, we combined the 2 dens for their skits which were "I gotta go Wee" and "The box". The Wolves preformed "Candy Store". This was the first introduction of preforming skits for the boys and everyone loved doing it. Afterwards we let the boys play flashlight tag since there were no other campers. Finally the long awaited 'lights out' came around 10pm.

On Sunday morning after breakfast and showers we held our closing ceremony including an Indian Prayer. Also Miss Nadine had made up some little awards during the weekend and handed them out. The awards for the weekend included:
"I tipped over the canoe"---Miss Deloris
"I am fish food"--Tony (the minnows in the water kept nibbling his toes)
"I dont need my toes"--Nick (an older brother was cutting wood with an axe and not wearing any shoes)
"Miss Patience"--Miss Brenda (single mother with 3 Cub Scouts)
"Experianced Sleepwalker"--Shawn
"I caught the biggest fish"--Kyle
"Surge anyone, anywhere, anytime"--Mr Glenn (gave his son and nephew Surge at 10pm Friday night)
"The one that almost got away...my fishing pole"--Mr Leo (the fish he caught took off with his pole that he dove in to get and lost the fish)
"I need to re-learn canoe safety"--Cubmaster Joe (canoeing without a life-vest)
"Titanic Survivor"--Kenneth and Daniel (canoe they were in sank)
"I don't know where it is"--Tony (his answer to everything)
"#1 canoer"--Katelin (a 4 yr old little sister)
"Thats the name of a song by..."--Miss Brenda (everything that was said was the name of a British song that she knew)
"First-aid in burn treatment"--Miss Bambi (burned herself many time)
"The firefighter"--Mr Leo (belives in high flames to cook his food)
"My first Cub Scout campout"--Kyle and Garrett

Here are just a few of the photos that were taken over the weekend

Blue and Gold banquet	Conservation Project	Scout Blast
Cub/Adult Weekends	Day Camp	Olustee Weekend
Fund Raiser	Family Picnic	Our Change of Command Ceremony
Home Page	Zoofari	Treat O Ree Weekend