What a Weekend at Santa-Cal-Gon Parking

The weekend started on Thursday night August 29, 2019 setting up of the Troop’s Parking Lots including putting up the signage and marking off the Mustard Seed lot, etc. What made it nice is there was a lot of help and everyone worked together to get the job done.

The weekend really started on Friday morning, August 30^th when we started parking cars at 11:30 AM and continued until 4:00 PM on Monday, September 2^nd. Even though we ended each evening around 10:30 PM, it felt like we parked cars non-stop throughout the four day weekend.

Those who worked these four days had a great time but a tiring time. We enhanced our comradery through teamwork and socializing with each other. By the end of the weekend, many felt just like this photo.

The Scout Troop would like to thank everyone who gave up a part of your holiday weekend to help your Scout Troop with this fundraiser. It would not be possible without you.  A big shout out goes to those leaders, scouts and parents that gave up their entire weekend to help with the fundraiser.

What a great weekend for our Troop Overnight. We worked on our troops patrol equipment and dutch oven cooking.

We started our overnight by everyone meeting and raising the America flag. Once this was done we had a few announcements by our Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader Quincy and then it was off to setting up our campsites and inventorying our patrol equipment. Once this was done each patrol was challenged to bake a cake in a dutch oven.

After we were finished with the cake baking it was time to cook our dinner and oh what great dinners we prepared. One of the patrols cooked pork chops, potatoes and vegetables. Another patrol cook lasagna and our other patrols prepared pizza casserole. Everything looked great and tasted great.

It was great working as a patrol to prepare and cook our meals.

After dinner the troop had a campfire where each of our patrols had a skit and song with our MC being our Senior Patrol Leader Clayton. It was a great time for troop fellowship. At the end of the campfire we found out which patrol got 1^st, 2^nd 3^rd and 4^th Place in the Cake Baking contest. When camp fire was over we had a little free time before it was time to go to bed.

We were woke up by our Senior Patrol Leader and Scoutmaster asking us to get up roll up your stuff and let’s get our tents down to try and beat the rain storm. Everyone did a great job and yes we beat the rain storm.

Once we got our tents down we were once again challenge to prepare our breakfast. One patrol cooked scramble eggs and ham. The other patrols cooked Denver omelet with all the fixings and Mountain Man breakfast with bacon, onions, hash browns and eggs. Breakfast turned out great!!!!!

Once breakfast clean-up was done. The scouts put together a church service to follow the twelfth part of the Scout Law a scout is reverent.

We then took down the remaining equipment, retired the colors and picked up trash in the area to allow the troop to leave the area better than we found it. Then everyone went one.

Can’t wait for our next overnight.