Troop Meeting #3

This meeting was the third meeting of this scout year and the meeting after a one night camping trip to the Scandinavian forest.Today we met out on the field and went over the pros and cons of the camping trip. We got into our patrols to discuss this. Then we got finished with discussing the past camping trip. Today was also Stephen Wilkes birthday and we celebrated with a strawberry cake and juice.

TROOP 806 Meeting #2

Today we started off with a friendly greeting from the scout leaders and venture patrol. We reviewed and talked about the camping trip to the Scandinavian forest. We also talked about who was mentoring the hiking and camping merit badge. After that we split into our patrols and discussed our breakfast lunch and dinner. That was the summary for today and when we were done we did our prayer and were dismissed.

Well this is the first blog post of the new scouting year. First we introduced the new assistant scoutmasters and also introduced the new patrol leaders and other positions. Then we distributed the new scouts into the following patrols:
Cobra, Eagle, Dragon, Venture, Shark, Falcon.
This 2012/2013 scout year we have 46 boys in our troop now. We also announced the upcoming camping trip next weekend.

These are the pictures from the Dig Site at Tal El-Hammam, where a huge group of scouts (along with many others) went to do the Archaeology Merit badge. We spent the whole day there and learned a lot about Archaeology and how fun it can be.


 Upon Arriving at the archaeological site,  we had a quick tour of the site and some explanation on how to excavate in the best possible way.

A rare find of a whole pottery jar 

The banana fields around the site

A Huge sink hole right outside of the city walls

A picture of all the people who came with us, including
moms, dads and girls.

The scouts then got their own plot of land which they were supposed to excavate, and we worked pretty hard!

The plot of land we were excavating

Some of the girls who came with us on this trip

It was a very busy day!

An archaeologist teaching some scouts how to sift

David working on uncovering some of the walls

We then had lunch and took another quick tour of
the lower city and some of the guard towers.

After that, we worked a couple more hours, then packed up and drove to a hotel at the dead sea, where we learned how to wash pottery and examine it.

Packing Up

Dr.Collins teaching the scouts how to wash pottery

Leaving the pottery out to dry

Explanation about how to examine pottery and learn from it

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Here are pictures of the Dead Sea 20-mile hike. Congrats to everyone who completed this challenge!

Hiking along the Dead Sea highway

There were some cool rock faces to look at on the way!

Are you tired?

It's OK, good thing we're taking lots of breaks!

A much-needed rest and a fantastic view!

Congratulations to all of you who finished the hike!

Reading Merit Badge Community Service

Here's a picture of some scouts who did some community service at a library for the Reading Merit Badge:

Rifle Shooting Merit Badge Outing

 Here are some pictures of the scouts who went to the shooting range to earn the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge.