August 2000, Camp Meriwether

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Troop 163 went to Camp Meriwether in the Cascade Pacific Council for summer camp this year. We had 10 scouts and 2 adults: Tom B, Neil B, Trevor d, Ty F, Curtis M, Peter R, Thomas R, Amphil R, Isaac S, and Andy W. The adults were Bob B and Dave R.

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We had good weather for most of the week. Friday and Saturday mornings were a bit wet.

The scouts worked on merit badges and the younger scouts worked on rank advancement.

Peter studying maps for his Orienteering merit badge. Isaac listening to class for his Astronomy class.

The Struan was a ship which sank in front of Camp Meriwether on Christmas of 1890 when the property was owned by the Chamberlands. They hauled the anchors and some chain out of the water, and the capstan used to work the anchors was removed from the ocean in the 1950's. The ship was hauling a cargo of lumber which was put to good use by the Chamberland's as well as others in the area. Isaac, Tom, and Neil studying for some Second Class requirements.

Ty offered to be a dummy for the scouts working on their Second Class water safety requirement. This has changed within the last couple of years. Peter, Isaac, Tom, and Neil tried out the various methods for helping Ty get to the dock.

We had some beautiful evenings, as well as some bright sunny days. The staff was able to run their Astronomy class on most of the nights at 10:00PM. The moon was really too bright, but stayed hidden until about 11:00PM.

None of our scouts did the Archery merit badge class. When I was at the archery range, they had the area set up to make arrow recovery very easy.

The camp has a climbing tower. (I am not a climber, but I think that Baker's looks more interesting.)

Camp Meriwether has a Frontier's Man program which allows the scouts to explore what life was like near the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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	Peter studying maps for his Orienteering merit badge.	Isaac listening to class for his Astronomy class.
	The Struan was a ship which sank in front of Camp Meriwether on Christmas of 1890 when the property was owned by the Chamberlands. They hauled the anchors and some chain out of the water, and the capstan used to work the anchors was removed from the ocean in the 1950's. The ship was hauling a cargo of lumber which was put to good use by the Chamberland's as well as others in the area.	Isaac, Tom, and Neil studying for some Second Class requirements.
	Ty offered to be a dummy for the scouts working on their Second Class water safety requirement. This has changed within the last couple of years.	Peter, Isaac, Tom, and Neil tried out the various methods for helping Ty get to the dock.

	We had some beautiful evenings, as well as some bright sunny days. The staff was able to run their Astronomy class on most of the nights at 10:00PM. The moon was really too bright, but stayed hidden until about 11:00PM.
	None of our scouts did the Archery merit badge class. When I was at the archery range, they had the area set up to make arrow recovery very easy.
	The camp has a climbing tower. (I am not a climber, but I think that Baker's looks more interesting.)
	Camp Meriwether has a Frontier's Man program which allows the scouts to explore what life was like near the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition.