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Enjoy the journal of our Troop 746 2011 Out West trip. To check out our photos click here.
The journal for the trip as written by various scouts is below.
June 25thToday was our flight. It was technically short because of the time zones but felt long. The flight attendant served us all soda and food. We arrived in Colorado earlier than expected. After we retrieved our luggage and hopped in the vans, we drove to Walmart. Along the way there were a few incidents that are not going to be recounted. We had dinner at Country House Buffet.
June 26th- wake up, lots of trouble making breakfast - windy
- went to Alpine Visitor Center: Elevation 11,796 ft; many people got passports; lots of snow
- lunch
- went to a visitor center in Esles Park
- back to camp
- dinner
June 27thWe woke up and imediately left Rocky Mountain National Park. We drove a couple of hours, then stopped at Buenavista. We ate lunch and then got ready for rafting. We went rafting and it was amazing. The calm water was class 3 rapids back home. Then we ate and went to bed.
June 28thToday was a very boring day. We drove for 4 hours. We ate cold cuts for lunch. Then we drove on the Million Dollar Highway that had a spectacular view. When we set up camp we headed to the Bar D Chuckwagon to eat stake and chicken. We then watched the show and returned to camp.
June 30thIn the morning, the camp was a flurry of motion as camp needed to be taken down. We left the campsite to go to Cheyenne Mountain State Park to camp. On the long drive we stopped at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. These were giant dunes to climb up, and everyone had tons of fun. We also had sand all over our bodies. We stopped at a Golden Corral for dinner, then went to set up camp. The wind was terrible, blowing tents away!
July 1stWe woke up and had a cereal/leftovers breakfast. We then drove to Cave of the Winds where we took the lantern tour down into the caverns. The lanterns were buckets with candles in them. The cave of the Winds was a fun place. At the end, we got to play on a gigantic harness jungle gym. We started on our way to Pike's Peak an elivation of 14,115 feet. We stopped for lunch about 10 minutes away from Pike's Peak. There were tons of huge rock formations at our lunch site. Most of us went climbing. We took the Cog Railway up to Pike's Peak. Our conductor was full of corny jokes. We came down Pike's Peak and went back to camp.
July 2nd- woke up at 6:00 am
- Went to Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine
- took a tour of the mine
- ate lunch at Cripple Creek
- looked around Victor
- Went to Florissant Fossil Bed
- went to laudrymat
- and ate pizza out of the back of the van at the laundrymat
- caame back to camp and went to bed
July 3rdToday we left Cheyenne Mountain and drove for two hours. We toured the Air Force Academy museum and had Mass at the chappel there. After that we went to summer camp, toured the site, and went to bed.
July 4thWe woke up to a breakfast of cereal, hash browns, and eggs. We went to our different merit badge classes. Our lunch was rib sandwiches and fries. We finished our other two classes. We then went to a fantastic 4th of July celebration. We played volleyball, tug-of-war, and rode kayaks. We ate hamburgers and hotdogs while ending it with a large soda fountain eruption and a great flag ceremony.
July 5thWe woke up around 6:30 for some people to do polar penguin and mile swim practice. We ate breakfast. We went to our merit badge classes. We ate at lunch then we went to more merit badge classes. We had dinner and then went to sleep after campsite host night.
July 6thIt was the average day of Merit Badge classes except for at night when the Astronomy class went to out post until morning. We were supposed to be stargazing, but it rained and the clouds blocked every star.
July 7thToday I woke up at outpost. JP and I packed up and I headed back to mile swim practice. I finally finished Shot Gun and finished most of medicine. At lunch we had pizza which was one of the best lunches. Unfortunately it rained again so I could not ride horses. The skits last night were great.
July 9thToday was make-up merit badge day. We ate breakfast and packed a lunch. We ate lunch and some people went off ot finish Ironman qualifications. At 1:30 we did a service project which consisted of cutting down extra dead limbs on trees. It hailed while we ate dinner and went to a beach party. There were assorted games. We came back to take showers and sleep.
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