Rendezvous 2008

In October we had our first Boy Scout Rendezvous. It was a great event. Troop 423 along with Troop 433 went to celebration park for our camp out. Upon arriving we set up camp and made dinner. The leaders made pizza in these handy little cast iron molds you put in the fire for a couple minutes. As far as the boys one patrol had hamburgers the other patrol had dutch oven pizza. After dinner they played capture the flag for a little while. At ten o'clock Brian put on a fireside where we discussed our rights as US citizens. The next morning we got up at 6:00 made breakfast and got ready for the day. We had a flag ceremony then we started the rendezvous. In the first three events they learned about animal tracks, plant identification and how to sharpen a knife and axe. The boys where able to find the tracks and urine spot from the coyotes that we howeling during the night. They took a quick break and then we started the second round of events. Each pair of boys had 30 minutes at each station. There were six stations consisting of fire building, knots, compass course, lashing, height and width of objects, and first aid. We had 10 boys competing and they were paired up as follows Tyler/Nathan, Sonny/Brandon, David/Ben and 4 boys from troop 423. They earned points based on how accurately they completed each station. Neils ran the lashing station, Rob was in charge of fire building, Dan headed up the compass course, Jeff was the knot guru, Caleb took care of first-aid and Brian took care of height and width. It was a very successful event. We hope to have another one next fall. David/Ben won 1st place, Brandon/Sonny took 2nd and Troop 433 placed 3rd. The prizes were multi-tools, head lamps, soda, candy bars and small flashlight. It took a lot of planning but the boys had a lot of fun competing. Thanks to all those that help make it a SUCCESS!