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| This was the first time our troop has camped at this forest prserve. It is located in Wayne, just a mile and half or so by trail from Scoutmaster Don Staley's home, so Saturday afternoon we walked to his home/farm and our camout ended there. | |
| Beautiful spring evening. |
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| So much help building the fire. Not so much help cleaning the dishes. |
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| Scoutmaster Don Staley has better luck talking to this piece of wood than talking to the scouts. |
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| William and Jason. |
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| Eric, William, and Rob. |
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| Jason. Note the large collection of firewood in the background. By morning there was only a small haldful left. Truth be told, I think the scoutmaster is to blame! The man likes his fires! |
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| Derek, Eric, and Hyrum. |
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| Ben. |
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| Eric discovers the BSA Hot spark. Hours of entertainment. |
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| The next morning found Ben's shoes and clothes up a tree. |
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| Retrieving Ben's clothes. Ben was a good sport about it. |
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| Eggs-a-plenty. |
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| William...here we go again. |
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| More eggs. |
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| Nice landing, and you didn't break the yoke! |
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| Content to let the scoutmaster do the cooking. |
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| Still more eggs? |
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| Ben. |
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| Jason and William. |
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| Cameron and Ben. |
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| A little syrup and these eggs will be fine. |
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| Jason. |
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| Last photo of Robert for a long time. He went for a little walk and forgot to tell someone when/where he was going...a minor panic ensued. |
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| I like Aldi's corned beef hash while on a campout. The most fun - and fat - you can have for just 99 cents! |
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| Half a cord of oak and man those coals are hot! |
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| Getting a little thin on top and not so much so in the middle. |
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| Let's all stand around and watch Ben make toast. |
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| "Heck-o in Mexico?" |
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| Gotcha. |
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| How's that toast coming along, Ben? |
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| Huddle. |
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| William won't be fooled again. |
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| William will need to have this jug of cider surgically removed from his face. |
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| Oh good! It comes off! |
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| Boyhood fascination with tent poles. |
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| They started to break camp but got distracted. Go figure. |
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| Jason in the tent. |
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| Hyrum practices his karate. |
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| If he sticks with it, he's gonna be good someday. |
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| You see! Already he can chop through tent poles! |
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| Tag! No one can catch Jason until he trees himself. |
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| Boys can find high adventure in a good tree. |
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| William and the fake grimace he inherited from his father. |
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| Let's try breaking camp again... |
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| This could take awhile... |
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| Derek is distracted. Boys can also find high adventure in a knife and a stick. |
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| Hiking to the scoutmaster's home. |
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| Eric found a bobber. More high adventure... |
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| One of three quarries-turned-lakes at this forest preserve. |
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| It's a beautiful spring day. |
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| Boys can ALWAYS find high adventure in water! |
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| Cameron has the most unusual use of a bungie cord I have even seen. (I'd need a bigger bungie.) |
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| One of many horse jumps. |
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| Jason, William, and Cameron. |
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| The gang. Front: Jason, William, Cameron, Robert (found!), Eric, Derek. Back: Rob, Don, Hyrum. |
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| Robert tries a barrel roll. |
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| Jason tries a barrel roll. |
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| Careful! Don't spill the Gatorade! |
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| Didn't spill a drop. It's all good... |
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