This year troop 163 went to Camp Baldwin in the Cascade Pacific Council. There were 10 scouts and two adults who went on the trip including: Matt C Trevor d Ty F David M Sean M Amphil R Thomas R Conrad S Kyle W Andy W Dave R, and Don S. There were lots of opportunities for rank advancement as well as merit badges. All of the scouts completed merit badges and many of the scouts substantially finished their rank advancement as well.
 | Most nights we stayed in our camps which had canvas tents on wooden platforms. One of the nigts we went on an overnighter in one of the meadows over the camp and slept under the stars. There were lots of them. The camp had a nice telescope set up to look at the stars and galaxies. Unfortunately there were no planets visible until the early morning. The telescope and presentation were mostly for the benifit of those scouts working on their Astronomy merit badge, but the rest of us could take advantage of the opportunity as well. The Wilderness Survival merit badge also has an over night requirement which Trevor d took advantage of. |  | |
 | Camp Baldwin was once a lumber camp named Hanel. When the lumber mill pulled out, they deeded the land over to BSA. The Army Corps of Engineers built the lake in the area which had once been the log yard. #A portion of the camp (below the lake) is still government property. |
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