District Adventure Weekend

Last weekend was the District Adventure Weekend, a day when scouts from all over the Thunderbird District teach each other various skills. Scouts participated in activities such as learning how to make a bear bag or a cat hole, or learning how to make a leave no trace fire. The event was held for the first time at Griffith League Scout Ranch, which is a leave no trace area. In the evening, we had an Order of the Arrow tap-out ceremony.

At the ceremony, 5 scouts and 2 leaders were

"tapped out," or were accepted into the O. A.

We all had a lot of fun at this year's District Adventure Weekend, and are looking foreward to the next one.

Phoenix Patrol's First Campout

This year, we had 9 new crossovers attend Camping 101 at El Rancho Cima as the Phoenix patrol.

On Friday, the scouts learned how things worked, like how we setup troop gear before our personal stuff. They also learned 2 other things-
-Setting tents up in the dark is tricky, and
-They should get used to setting up in the dark!

On Saturday, they woke up and had breakfast. Everyone pitched in for a quick and easy clean up. After that, a few of them participated in a flag ceremony. They then proceeded to the three stations, where they earned their Totin’ Chip and Fireman’s Chit. They also learned some very important knots. In between the second and third stations, we had an easy lunch of sandwiches, preceded by a food safety talk. After the stations, we relaxed, played some games, and worked on the Tenderfoot fitness requirement. The scouts also earned their scout ranks! We ate a dinner of hot dogs and chili. We also had a campfire made up of hilarious, almost made up on the spot skits, which were followed by smores.

On Sunday, we packed up, ate, met the older scouts, and did thorns and roses.
Then, we left.

A short summary:
The scouts had fun, earned some awards, and had a great experience at their first Boy Scout campout

-Thomas Crain
Phoenix patrol leader

taco sale

Today we had the taco sale fundraiser.we ended up selling 350 breakfast tacos and raised $525. we had a great time and lots of scouts came, it was a big success

Camping 101 2010

This year, camping 101 was held at El Rancho Cima, near Wimberly. We welcomed the new Phoniex patrol into the troop, and new scouts earned their Totin' Chip, Fireman's Chit, and also learned some knot-tying skills. Most of the older scouts went backpacking on Saturday through Sunday, and the whole troop had a lot of fun.

Also, a new scout hung his older brother's

pants on the flagpole at camp. Since the

scout who's pants were hung was out

backpacking,they stayed up until sunday,

at the "de-panting" ceremony.