2006 Sneed
Ranch Camp Summary
Summary: To
start, the attendance was down for weird reasons. We went to having 54
signed-up to arriving with only 47. We had kids and adults who couldn’t attend
because of school band, sports, injuries, illnesses, and other scouting events.
We had 4 no shows. When we arrived at the gate of Sneed Ranch, it was locked,
so after little or no thought we took down parts of the fence and made it into
camp. When we actually got to camp, Walter opened up the trailer door and the
red bug juice dumped all over him. Welcome back Walter! All the kids and hiking
groups made it into camp before dark. They all arrived 15 minutes ahead of
schedule. John and Chris did a good job on the food. Great meals! Steve Tillery
brought the new “Scoutmaster’s tent” (donated tepee) but Chris Robles left a
lot of the parts back at home. Plus I know why it’s for me. Well, it rained
Saturday night and the tepee became a swimming pool. Plus with the high winds
it took Chirs Robles, Steve Tillery and I to hold it down. Thanks for my new
tent. I don’t know how to thank you, Steve! John Standish had a hard time
keeping Red bug juice. If Walter wasn’t dumping it on himself, KP’s were
dumping it out after meals. The kids just couldn’t figure out why Mr. Standish
was yelling at them. The bridge project went well after we finally got the
right nails and screws (after 2 trips to town). Yes, we didn’t spend $500
either. Special thanks to Danny and David Johnson for all their heavy
equipment. Also, thanks to Steve Tillery for the use of his 4-Wheeler to pull
logs across camp and out of the creek bed, which saved a lot of heavy lifting.
There were no serious injuries, just a scrape or two. Aaron Amos was
disappointed that there was no zip line. Sunday, Austin fielding became a real
leader. He was mad at the Scouts for not doing what they were told so he yelled
at them. It went like this: “I try to be nice but you ignore me so I have to
yell to get you to do what I want”. All the men cheered! Sunday we tore down
camp early and took the troop to Lake Merideth at “Blue West” and let them get
in the water and get all muddy. Overall, it was a fun and rewarding camp. Doug
will update our Website with great photos.
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