This volume features a water theme due to the many pictures taken of our scouts at waterfront classes like swimming, canoeing and lifesaving. Ethan was able to complete a couple survival swimming maneuvers that involved jumping into the water fully clothed and taking off your pants to use it as a flotation device. Later in the week, Ethan was able to earn his first merit badge, the Swimming Merit Badge.
In the evening on this same day, most of the troop went on the Canoe Outpost to the other side of the lake. This excursion featured paddling a canoe across the lake, camping outdoors under the stars, and campfire activities - also they had to wake up extra early to make it back for the regular breakfast time at 6:45am.
Ethan also got to shoot a gun for the first time, a 22 caliber bolt action rifle. Perhaps next year he will try for his Rifle Merit Badge at camp.
The other camp activity that kept the scouts busy was making camp gadgets. These are things that help improve the camp site. These were important for the purposes of competing for the thumbstick because the gadgets resulted in bonus points. Starting with the first gadget, the flag pole, the scouts also made a sun dial, towel rack, a four-hole mini-golf course, a weather rock, pine cone toss table, uniform rack, wash basin, gateway arch for our campsite, and a compass rose. Ethan was quite involved in the making of most of these gadgets and came up with the idea on how to complete the rope webbing for the arch.
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