October 2000, River's Edge
On the 28th of October, our troop went to River's Edge on the Alsea River.
The weather was a little on the wet side.
We had 5 scouts out this weekend:
Ty F,
Curtis M,
Sean M,
Peter R,
and
Thomas R.
In addition, we had several adults:
Jody F,
Alan M,
Dave R,
and
Don S.
Alan and Don were there for just the day.
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| During one of the times when it wasn't raining (too much), we went
out to do a service project which involved clearing away a few
blackberries. We actually made a fair amount of headway, and discovered
a small ball in the berries.
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| Don introduced the game of Peggy Ball using that ball.
The basic idea is that the ball is flattened on one side, and
placed on a small platform made of a flat stick which was layed
across another stick. Then, using a bat (i.e. yet another stick),
you wack the platform, popping the ball into the air, and then
you wack the ball down field. Some of us were more coordinated then others.
| Peter worked on his firebuilding skills.
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| Alan helped Sean and Thomas through their Camping Merit badge.
These scouts have been camping long enough that this mostly
involved some study and discussion time.
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| Once the ball was downfield, the team who hit it down field estimates
how far it is in running steps of the opposing team. If the opposing
team does not make it to the ball in that number of steps, then the team
who wacked the ball gets points for the estimated steps. However, if
the opposing team makes it to (or past) the ball, then that team gets the
points.
| Jody helped Ty and Curtis through their Wilderness Survival merit
badge. They built shelters out of tarps and line. Given that it
was a very wet night, the scouts learned a bit on how to stay dry.
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| Having the shelter made the rainy day quite a bit nicer.
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