Last updated February 8, 2004.
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| Our February activity was to attend the district Winterall at LeRoy Oaks Forest Preserve. Here are a view pictures from that event. (I apologize in advance to those parents whose boys are not shown here. Each of the adult leaders went with a patrol. If your son isn't shown here, he was probably in the other patrol!) | |
| Scoutmaster Dale Blotter. |
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| Dave Reynolds finds the derby sled is the closest thing to a recliner. |
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| We all brought our own foil dinners. Ben Amato brought three hot dogs. Yum. |
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| Chris Reynolds says, "Wait! Wait! Don't take my picture yet!" |
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| "Now take my picture!" |
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| Coleman lantern does double duty as a hand warmer. |
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| Hot cocoa is required on every campout if you want Br. Qualls to attend. |
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| "Hey, that hamburger looks a lot better than my hot dogs." |
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| David and Chris Reynolds |
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| Have spoon, will camp. |
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| John Barney faces the new day with a smile. |
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| There was 6-8 inches of snow cover. Only one other troop camped out. |
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| "My body is a temple..." |
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| "Thanks for the cookies, Sister Qualls." (She made me promise I would share...) |
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| Flag ceremony. |
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| Jeff, Cody (back), Ben, Chris, and Matt. |
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| Objective: Given 5 poles and a tarp, build a shelter big enough for your patrol. |
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| He can wrap and he can frap, but can he tie a clove hitch? (Anwer: yes) |
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| The finished result. |
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| Objective: Build a fire tall enough to burn through the string. |
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| With sparking rod, cotton ball, vaseline, and fatwood we cannot fail. |
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| Almost there... |
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| Jeff mixes pudding in a bag for the dessert cooking contest. |
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| Ross Devault and his mother Karyn. |
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| Brownie pudding cake bakes in the dutch oven. |
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| Meanwhile, David finds his happy place. |
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| Not quite done... |
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| The peach cobbler looks good. (How were we to know that one of the judges didn't like peaches?) |
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| Snow snake throw is more difficult than it looks. |
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| Getting ready for the klondike sled race. |
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| Ready for the race that never was. We somehow missed the scout sled race. Never heard it, never saw it. We're still confused... |
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| Is Rob smiling because he just got a job with SAS? |
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| ...or is Rob smiling because these fine young men are his? |
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| Having grown up in southern California, I can never get used to the size of the campfires they build here in the midwest! |
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| Ben, Robert, and Matt pick up our fourth place ribbon. |
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Copyright © 2004 by Bill Qualls (Assistant Scoutmaster).
Last updated February 8, 2004. Back to the index page. |
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