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Red Flannel Camp Out February 2008 | |
| Troop 55 had their annual Red Flannel Camp Out. To get the Red Flannel patch, you must camp outside, cook over an open fire and have the temperature remain under 32 degrees. This year, we had more snow for the camp out than recent Red Flannel camp outs. | |
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Ranger camp site. The adirondacks are a great place to camp for the winter. Some of the roads to the site were plowed, but the last portion was not. Only 4 wheel drive vehicles were allowed back. We couldn't even bring back the trailer. |
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After getting out our gear, the dining area and fire ring had to be scooped of snow. |
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Cory shovels a path between shelters. |
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Ben and Garrett pile on snow for a quinzee. |
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The quinzee is coming along,but still needs more snow added. |
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Chuck cooks lunch for the adults |
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Al instructs the first year scouts on raising the flag |
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Old Glory goes up |
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An unsuspecting Ted nearly hit by a snowball, and the snowball fight is on . . . |
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Garrett enters the fight |
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Bens' snowball breaks apart midfilght. |
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Nothing but fun in this snowball fight. Eventually, 4 adults and 6 scouts participated. |
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Casey tries out the snowshoes. The hill is that steep. It was a great hill to slide down. |
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The area was very beautiful with all of the snow. |
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Ben and Garrett start to scoop out the quinzee |
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Only Bens' feet are visible |
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The smiles say it all! |
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Cooking over the open fire. Hamburgers, tacos and foil dinners cooking. |
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The tacos disappeared in a hurry |
| Lowering the flag after a great day | 
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Nick helps the first year scouts fold the flag |
| This was a fun camp out. Lots of activities - hiking, snowball fights, sledding, building quinzees and more. | |
