First Scout Campout

I love the church Scouting program. It's great to get the boys involved in such a good cause. I am the counselor in the primary presidency over the cub scout program in our ward, so I hear about what they do, etc, even though Austin isn't yet in the church scout program. It will happen next month!

I have to say, though, that I am very impressed with this cub scout troop through the school! Two weeks ago they did that awesome activity at the Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit and this last weekend they got to go camping! The church doesn't have cubs go on overnight camp outs, so Austin was pretty lucky. He's also lucky that his troop raised so much money in popcorn sales that these two activities were free for him ($5 for siblings). They raised thousands of dollars selling popcorn! I was very impressed at the awards ceremony, which happened to be the first meeting we went to when he joined.

So, he and Jason went camping. They came home Saturday night, though, instead of Sunday morning. This is what they did:

Archery (he told everyone he saw at church the next day that he did archery with a real bow and arrow!)

Human fuse ball

Key chain craft

Helping the Cub Master with firewood.

Singing a song with the other wolves.

He got to sleep in a cabin (Jason says next time he's pitching a tent, the beds were very uncomfortable!), play with glow sticks in the dark, eat from his mess kit, and have some great meals! Lucky for him, none of the meals were hot dogs, something he doesn't like, though I told him to be ready for that one day at camp. He's used to not eating the marshmallows, which he also doesn't like. At least he gets chocolate and graham crackers when there's s'mores!

Jason said he did a great job and was a happy camper! (pun intended) I think he really enjoyed being away from his siblings for more than 24 hours and time alone with his dad. It's always nice to have a get-away. We love scouts!