What a great overnight even though it has turned cold for our scout troop’s  weekend at Rotary Camp. We started the overnight by doing a service project for the camp. We cleaned out the ashes from the main fire pit, and filled up the firewood. 

We also cleaned up the rest rooms for the camp and dining hall. The service project was great as the scouts all worked together and listened to the Sr. Patrol Leaders.

We then got our personnel gear off our Troop Bus and moved it to the cabins we were assigned. We put up the American flag. Then we ate lunch and then we got to go fishing. The fishing was fun even if there was only one fish caught by Mr. Dudley. 

Now it was time to play Gaga Ball which is a favorite game of all the scouts. We played for a few hours. So our new scouts went on a nature hike and others worked on the Citizenship in the Society Merit Badge. We took down the American flag.

Then it was time for supper. Supper was great as we had homemade chicken noodle soup, homemade vegetable soup, bread and crackers.

Then it was back to the Gaga Pit where we played till it was dark.

Then we had a great campfire where each patrol had a skit, song, cheer and a joke.  We had a troop cracker barrel. Where we had four (4) cobblers, apple, cherry,black forest and a cinnamon apple. The cobblers were great. Then it was time for bed.

When we got up on Sunday morning we prepared our personnel gear to move it to one of the leader’s trucks. We put up the American flag. We played a game to see how many people we could get on a 1-inch square piece of wood in the air 18-inches. We had two (2) groups get six(6) people on the wood and hold them there for 45 seconds.

That time seemed like it was forever. Then it was time for breakfast where we had mountain man breakfast: sausage, hash browns, eggs and cheese(cooked in five(5) dutch ovens).

It was great. Then it was back to the Gaga Pit till it was time for church. At church we had an opening prayer, a song, a reading, a sermon, a responsive reading, a song and a closing prayer. I really like our troop church services. Then it was time to move our gear to one of our leaders’ trucks. A little more gaga ball and one last sweep of the camp to pick up trash and it was time to get on the Troop Bus to head back to the church for our parents to pick us up.

I can not wait till next month’s overnight. I also hope we get to come back to Rotary Camp in 2026.