Philmont 2022

We had another meeting for the Philmont trip this summer. Currently we have 9 of the 12 positions filled, but still looking to see if we can fill it.

The scouts did an amazing job tonight! In under 90 minutes, they watched a video of a prior trip, talked about what happens on a philmont trek. And picked their 6 top choices for their trek.

Mark got it entered into the Gateway.

They also decided on the leadership positions, so one more thing finalized.

Now, just waiting/hoping AMTRAK will have their sale on train tickets again.

The crew is in great shape for their upcoming trip.

High Adventures in the next year:

We have a lot of fun activities coming up for our Troop.

June 2022 Philmont. We have 9 confirmed so far. May have another 2. We have reached out to 2 other Troops to see if they have any interest to help fill out our crew.

OKPIK 2023. We had 8 who could not attend this year due to Co-Vid. We talked about it, and they are interested in going back next year. We have 9 going back for a Lake Stay. We need 2 more to fill a “Large Crew”.

Sea Base 2023. We were not able to get the “Tall Ship”. But we got 3 Coral Reef instead. We have 21 of 24 spots already filled. I don’t think it will take much longer to fill the remaining spots.

We just created a sub committee for Sea Base to work on the logistics of the trip. More hands make easier work.

SeaBase 2023

Tuesday was the “Lottery”. Do not believe this term. Unlike Philmont or OKPIK where you enter your troop and then it goes through a lottery process at a later date, the SeaBase “lottery” was first come first serve. Should not have been listed as a lottery.

We had hoped to get the 20 person tall ship, but it was gone in the first 10 minutes. We were able to get 3 ships for Coral Reef sailing. While it would have been really fun to have everyone on the same ship, this will still be a great trip! Barely a year away.

OKPIK 2022

Everyone is excited. We’ve finished the planning and preparation and are ready to leave tomorrow.

However; as everywhere, Co-Vid has raised its ugly head.

We had 11 doing the lake stay and 10 in cabin stay.

Due to those with positive tests or close exposure, we are down to 4 for lake stay and 9 in cabin stay.

I’m just glad OKPIK made us test prior to leaving, otherwise our numbers could be much higher.

We are sad to leave 1/2 the group behind.

OKPIK 2022

1 week to go. We have 2 crews. 1 will be camping and 1 will be cabin stay. Both will have an amazing adventure! Our rosters have been submitted. We are collecting the final forms. Its getting cold, snowing, we are ready to get the “Zero Hero”. Again, for some of us.