4-6 April 2008

The 2008 Dulaney District Camporee has just ended and as is usually the case it rained. Well, only Friday night and Sunday mornings. Saturday the weather was great. As is always the case, click on the thumbnail photo below and a larger one will open.

Here is Matt's version of what Troop 746 did at the Camporee.

On April 4th we went  to our annual camporee at Camp Saffron at Broad Creek. On Friday when we got there, we set up camp, lit a fire and had a snack. We stayed up until 11:00. In the morning we split up into patrols and cooked breakfast. Some of the breakfasts were eggs, bacon and sausage. After breakfast, we had to clean up and go to the opening ceremonies. The flag was raised and then we went by patrols to different stations.  Some of the most fun stations, in my opinion, were the orienteering course, cutting a log with a saw in a certain amount of time, survivor man where we had to answer questions about surviving in the wild with only a daypack, and the station where we had to figure out was wrong with a campsite. Around 4:30, we headed back to our troop campsite to get ready for dinner. The whole troop ate together. We had pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans.

After dinner, we went to what was kind of a campfire. The fire didn’t light until the end of the campfire. Patrols did skits and cheers and awards were given out. After that, we had a real campfire at our campsite. We sat by the fire, played games, and then went to bed. In the morning, we ate breakfast quickly and went to the closing ceremonies. One patrol from our troop, the bears, won an award. Then it was time to leave. We took down our tents, patrolled the campsite for any trash, said goodbye to our friends, and went home. The camporee was very fun and I hope that the next time that I write to you, I will have more fun things to tell you.

Until then,
Matt