Our Annual quinzee building campout and tubing trip was the coldest one yet… it dropped to -14F! It was a well earned Polar Bear Award!

One of the troop favorite traditions is to hike Green Mountain at night. This event includes our area Webelos as they look forward to crossover into Boy Scouts, and we enjoy homemade sugar cookies and hot cocoa after. The event is followed by a lock-in at the church where the position elections and annual troop planning take place.

The patrols competed in the annual Thanksgiving break campout at Tahosa. As usual, the competition judges were the winners!

The troop did a nice fall time backpacking trip at Goose Creek. Fall time camping is beautiful and quiet, and we are lucky to have these opportunities together.

BSA has a created an award that can be earned by completing the Scuba safety and dive requirements. Several of our Scouts got this done at our local dive shop, A-1 Scuba and Travel. We were very lucky to have their talented and patient instructor team inspiring this group to love diving!

Our troop practiced their canoe, kayak, and fishing skills at Lake Granby for a quick 2 night camping getaway.

Our troop joined up with the Lakewood Natural Resources management to remove invasive plant species which is threatening the native species in the park. This was organized by one of our Life Rank Scouts for his Eagle Scout project. As part of this project, 20 workers removed about 400 cubic feet of invasive plant material from the park.

The troop chose to do a trip to one of the most challenging high adventure camps available: Swamp Base in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana. At 1.4 million acres in size, the Atchafalaya Swamp is an unmatched wonder of America, filled with majestic cypress swamps and an incredible diversity of birds, fish, and reptiles that inhabit its skies and waterways.

This month we are working on our climbing and belaying skills.

Congratulations to our latest Eagle Scout, Paul Kozisek!