D.I.B.C 2013

We left for Dorchester around 6:30 and arrived at Camp Bel at 8:00. It was good weather right then. I gave everyone their tent assignments and started set-up. At the beginning of the camp we were late to get to the Leaders meeting because Scouter Colin had to get his dinner from Wendy’s.

• Cubs a little rowdy, fooled around a lot around the tents. Sometimes they listened when a leader talked to them.
• Meals were good and delicious, next time I plan a menu I would ask people much earlier for their choices. The french toast was burnt, so next time I would make sure the person on the duty roster for that meal is experienced cooking that meal.
• Tent arrangements were in order
• The out trip to the Rifle Range and Archery was a  "blast"!

A leader called our parents to ask if we could be picked up early, I am not sure why, but some of us had to leave at 10. Before we left almost everything was done. The scubs were not very helpful about cleaning up; they were fooling around, so they will need to work on that for next year. 

by Calum A. - Camp "SPL"

Grand River Canoe Trip Report

Myself and Scouter Al, Scouter Brent, another Scouter and scouts from Carlisle drove to Grand Experiences in Paris to rent our 2 canoes. We drove the canoes to Cambridge, and dumped there.

• One potential problem was Scouts were wearing jeans to canoe
  
• We were switching canoes and from stern and bow in the water, which I liked.
  
• We went through some rapids that were small and we went through two rapids that were just ranked as a one
  
• After lunch we went through a few bridges and between rocks about 1 meter apart and some of us got through it without touching the rocks and some didn’t
  
• After we stopped in Paris we brought the canoes up and put the canoes from Grand Experience back, and then drove home, happy after a day of paddling on the Grand. 

Review by Calum A.,  PL - Pac Man Patrol