Another Scout Camping Trip

9/5/08-9/6/08

This time the 11 year olds headed out to Bruno Sand Dunes. The scout motto is 'Be Prepared' and I think every one of them forgot something so it was a learning experience. Lil O forgot to tell Oscar to pack a tent for the boys as well as for the leaders, so he only brought 1. The one he brought though didn't have any poles, ooooops Lil O forgot to tell Dad that he had taken the poles out to get some stakes. Brother Rackum brought propane tanks that were empty, and when they finally stopped to get them filled it took about 1/2 hour.

So the boys ended up sleeping outside under the stars with no tent, and Oscar ran back into town (Mountain Home) to purchase a new tent. Good Grief! I am not going to pack for them each time, they have got to get this figured out sometime on their own right?

Lil O was very excited that their was a space observatory out there and better yet Barbara Morgan was there. She is an astrounat and was signing autographs too. He also got to have a metorite made into a key chain which is pretty neat looking. They got to look through some huge telescopes at the stars and planets. He also thought they had these cool laser pointers that looked like they were pointing at the actually stars!

The next morning they had to go on a 5 mile hike, so they started to climb the sand dunes, much tougher than it looks. They all had a great time like always. They all decided it would be fun to run down the sand and see who got the farthest without falling. I think Brother Rackum won. Porter and Christian both did face plants and ended up eating sand, Christian even had it up his nose and in his braces!! hahahahahaha

Right after the hike Oscar and Dad packed up and headed home to make it to the first soccer game of the season. I met them at the field and of course forgot the camera!!! All three of the boys were playing at the same time so Mason and I would make the rounds watching a few minutes of each of the games. Parker was very happy to be 'playing' soccer, Zachary couldn't stay off the ground, and I've never seen Oscar run so much during a game in a long time. I think they all did great. Maybe next week I'll remember the camera.