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| Challenge activity: Balance on the log | Challenge activity: Over the wall | Challenge activity: Over the wall...hey, can we pull any harder!? |
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| Challenge activity: Getting across the alligator pit! | Challenge activity: Alligator pit...oh, please don't drop me! | Challenge activity: Platform balance. Hey, as cold as it is, this looks like a good idea! |
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| Archery! | Yep, it sure was cold...12F both nights, with highs in the 20's...look at that frozen lake. Doesn't happen often in North Carolina! | Caber toss! |
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| Down the rapids! | Here's another crew! |
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| Gateway to Mohawk Campsite | Swapping tales... | Ah, this is the life! |
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| Chow time! | Practicing for the mile swim | Swimming Merit Badge class |
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| Canoeing Merit Badge Class | Metalwork Merit Badge | More Metalwork |
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| Me? I really wasn't dealing from the bottom! | Walk blocks | Hachet man! |
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| How 'bout that followthrough? | Even the scoutmaster can toss a hatchet | Fire in the hole! .75 caliber Brown Bess |
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| Wow, it sure is hot here | So, is this what you do with your stool from Basketry Merit Badge? | |
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| Morning Flag Assembly | The Hawk Patrol | Putting out the fire to get ready for the next patrol in string burning... |
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| Ready to go! | Are we sure we want to do this? | Hmmm...it looks easier on TV! |
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| Hey, I like it where it's flat! | Ah, time for a break! | On the slopes... |
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| Beyond the "bunny hill" | ||
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| OK, let's cook supper! | Starting some charcoal... | Oh, will dinner ever be finished... |
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| The scoutmaster's Tamale Pie! | Campfire stories... | Campfire stories, 2... |
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| Ed, Scoutmaster Emeritus | ||
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| View of the Normandy Drop Zone | Now what merit badge should I take? | Just "dropping in" |
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| Flycasting...but where is the water? | Special Forces weapons display | A big chopper! |
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| An Apache gunship | Working on lunch... | Hi down there! |
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| Sorting shell casings...tons of these on the drop zone | A happy camper! | Saluting the flag @ the end of the day |
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Summer Camp, July 2001 (Camp Cherokee)
| The Troop @ Camp | Free time... | Knot practice |
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| First Aid carry | First Year Camper class | The "walk block" -- a Cherokee tradition! |
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| At the rifle range | Handicraft counselors, hiding from scouts! | Leatherwork class |
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| Frontier Night -- hatchet throw! | Working at the smithy, Frontier Night | Casting a Roundball, Frontier Night |
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| Free swim! The all-time favorite! | ||
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Appalachian Trail Hike, July 2001 (Hiked AT in the Southern Section of Shenandoah National Park...4 nights, ~35 miles)
| At the start...feeling fresh! | A trailside vista... | At camp, first night... |
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| Rest stop on a long day... | Ah! Pepsi break at the mobile support vehicle. | Blackrock! What a view! |
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| Sunset from Loft Mountain | Rattlesnake on the trail! | Inside the Pinefield shelter...who ate those beans? |
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| Getting ready to leave Pinefield on the last day | We made it to the end! | |
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| Compass workshop | You ate what???!!! | The Fall Mountian Trail |
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| Oh, boy, Fondue! | Some of the troop at the top of Morrow Mountain | Time to go home... |
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| A big conference | A big breakfast for the "old goats" | Ready to go! |
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| On the river | Talking things over | One last picture |
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| In the Dining Hall | At the Nature Lodge | Working on the "Walk Block" | Home, Sweet Home! |
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| Leatherwork Merit Badge | Free Time at Camp | This is Basketry Merit Badge? | Frontier Night - Casting Round Balls |
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| Frontier Night - Fire in the Hole! | The Troop at Camp...Hey, with 26 scouts, we were glad just to get all in the picture! | They Call this the Camp Staff? | |
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| The Troop at Headquarters | Raising the first flag on the Eagle project flagpole/stand |
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Camp Cherokee, July, 1999
| The Troop | Joel and Ed with the "famous" Moose |
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Shenandoah National Park, Summer 1999 (Appalachian Trail Hike)
| Bearfence Mountain | Lunch along the trail | Anakin the wonderdog (and Joel) | Resting at Big Meadows |
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Building a signal tower, Fall 1998 District Camporee
Last updated 11-July-2004