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Monday, October 26th, 2009Cub Scout Chuckwagon Derby Wrap-up
Monday, October 26th, 2009
All,
Those of us who went camping, you are all now veterans of a true camping experience (wet camping). Hope you had a good time. The boys had a lot of fun on the “trail” despite the rain and it was fun firing the bottle rocket into the air (thanks Neil).
Anyway, before I head out of town again, I wanted to get a quick message out to remind those who have not turned in their popcorn money to get in touch with Leopolda to schedule a time to go to her house to get your money turned in. I think the boys have done well in selling this year.
Also, we have a regular scheduled leaders meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.
I am requesting that every member family have at least one person in attendance as well as we are going to be planning through the end of the year and will begin the planning for the Pinewood Derby, the Blue and Gold and camping in the spring. We have had several committee members move up with the graduating Webelos to the Boy Scouts and we need to fill in those positions. So please come prepared to volunteer on a committee or with a den. We have some great den leaders, but we also need to identify some backups for them. In addition, I need to find someone to back me up as the Assistant Cubmaster. These are all important roles and we need everyone’s participation to make things run smoothly.
I look forward to seeing folks on Nov. 5. Have a great Halloween if we don’t speak before then.
Randy
Cubmaster Pack 393pine
Campout and Derby Details 10-23-09
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Hey Parents and kids,
Wow, hard to believe that tomorrow night many of us will be under the stars and enjoying smores.
Pack 393 is staying in Poplar A (you will see it on the map attached).
Bathrooms and Showers:
All campsites have flush toilets and showers available. My advice having been at Durant for Summer camp in Red Oak is to reserve one bathroom and one shower for adults only. This will help to keep the toilets and showers clean for adults and teach some responsibility to the Webelos.
Remember a scout is clean. (Borrowing the 10th point of the scout law)
Logistically for Friday night:
Maps are available online at www.campdurant.com. The camp address, for those with GPS or want to Google Map it is
4637 Old Carthage Rd.
Carthage, NC 28327.
Those who are camping Friday night should plan to head down to the camp and once you arrive I am sure there will be someone to direct you to Poplar A. It takes about 1 and a half hours to get there from most points in the Triangle, so plan accordingly. It gets dark shortly after 7 these days.
Vivek will be in charge for those on Friday night and will hand them off to Juan for Saturday night.
Parking:
Council office has approved us to park all vehicles on the side of the roads at Durant. Only utilize one side of the road and pull off the road as much as possible.
One important note, We can NOT have ANY Vehicles in any campsites. They must be on the road. Only Trailers can be parked in campsites. Be very careful when backing up trailers as there are lots of places to get “Stuck” in some campsites (i.e. Large Holes, ditches, etc.)
So, each person (scout, adult and sibling) should have a bag lunch packed and brought to carry in the chuck wagons along with the materials that are needed. I need to ask all the Wolves to bring their books as we need at least two (I’ve got one from last year) to carry in the wagons. The rest of the materials I will bring with me on Saturday morning. Also, we need a parent or two to plan to come back to our campsite to start the charcoal fires for the hobo pack meals Saturday night as we only have an hour and 15 minutes slated to put this together. It would probably be good for a couple of parents to head back during the award ceremony to being having things prepared as an assembly line for the meal prep.
They also note that a couple of the events are “messy” and “wet” and the boys should each pack an extra pair of clothes in a plastic bag to change into in case they do get messy. Also note that there is a good chance of rain on Saturday, so prepare with ponchos and rain gear as the event won’t be canceled for bad weather.
All, this will be a grand adventure. I look forward to seeing the boys (and the rest) have a bunch of fun and make memories for us all.
See you out there on Saturday,
Randy
Chuck Wagon Derby Prep Night 10-15-09
Friday, October 16th, 2009Hey everyone,
I thought the boys did a great job putting together their “Chuck Wagons”. Leaders, I will follow up with details for what needs to go in the wagons. We still need to finish up the flags and attach them to the wagons and Brian Adams is going to bring our final wagon to the meeting next week where we will finish up the remaining tasks and have all the boys help build and decorate that one. These things look great. So good that I think we’ll plan on a Pack 393 Chuck Wagon parade with the combined dens next Thursday.
For all of those planning to go down to the camp on Friday to spend the night the first night, we will need to meet and make sure that we have all of the equipment that you will need for the trip. As a reminder, I can’t go on Friday night, but Vivek will be going and can coordinate the camping from a Baloo training standpoint. I don’t know if there is anyone else with a trailer hitch to pull the trailer out to the camp or if we just need to coordinate someone taking a couple of tables and the stove down. If not, we can plan meals around campfire cooking.
We’ll need to get a final head count as we had several new boys register tonight and several of whom want to attend the campout, so I’ll need to work with Bobbi and coordinate what needs to be done to register them. I think it should be fine, but will need to coordinate with her once she returns from her trip. The final head count will help me in buying the food for Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast on Friday (would also welcome a volunteer to help me with this) and then we’ll need to work out getting it transported with the Pack group that goes down Friday night. So plan on staying a few extra minutes on Thursday night to make sure we have everything coordinated for what should be a fun Pack 393 adventure at the Cub Scout Chuck Wagon Derby.
Thanks to all the parents and leaders who jumped right in a helped the boys build their wagons tonight. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
Randy
Short Video of the Scout Night Sleepover
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Thanks to all for the submitted photos for the Durham Bulls game
Durham Bulls 4th Annual Scout Sleepover Recap
Monday, June 8th, 2009
The Durham Bulls 4th Annual Scout Sleepover was a big hit.
Over 750 Scouts and parents came to the game
- The food was hot
- The night was cool
- The Home Team Won!
- The fireworks were awesome
- The post-game entertainment was top-notch
The light rain was barely noticeable as Ray Sadler put in work with a clutch 2 RBI single to give the Bulls a 4-1 win over the Toledo Mud Hens. Pictures and Video will be posted soon.
Durham Bulls Scout Night 2009 details
Friday, June 5th, 2009Friday, June 5
Scouts should arrive at 6:00 for Pre-game parade
game time 7:05
Where do the scouts store their camping gear during the game?
Gear should be stored in the parent’s vehicle during the game. Groups
should meet after the game between sections 112 and 114 and between sections 111 and 113.
FULL ITINERARY
PARADE-Uniformed scouts participating in the pre-game parade will gather in the main concourse near the grounds crew area.
SLEEPOVER-Once the field is cleared and prepared, scouts will be allowed to bring their tents and any snacks they may have brought onto the field for the night.
BREAKFAST- Wake up call will be at 7:00 a.m. Camping gear needs to be removed from the field by 8:00 a.m. before proceeding to breakfast. All scouts should be ready to leave the DBAP no later than 8:30 a.m.
SLEEPOVER RULES
DO:
- Treat the field with care
- Stay in the outfield at all times
- Use battery powered devices for lighting
- Bring snacks for sleepover portion only. No food or drinks will be allowed in the ball park during game time.
DO NOT:
- Use plastic or tarps between tent and grass. Please only put plastic or tarps on the inside of tent.
- Use rain guard. Please do not spray rain guard on tents. It washes off and kills the grass.
- STAKE DOWN TENTS; no stakes allowed.
- Go on infield grass at anytime
- Use heating devices
- Bring wheeled wagons, coolers, etc.
- Spray bug spray on the field. Please go to main concourse to apply bug spray.
- Bring anything flammable
- Bring pets of any kind
- Bring ALCOHOL.
- SMOKE, DBAP is smoke free.
Jordan Lake Update!
Friday, April 24th, 2009We will be at the CROSSWINDS camping site!
Look for sites A7 through A10 by the bath house.
NO electricity
Click image above for PDF of Crosswinds Camp Site
Parker’s Creek Camping Site Map
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Click on the image to download the PDF file for printing
GPS Address:
280 State Park Road
Apex, NC 27523
Parker’s Creek: The entrance to Parker’s Creek is on US 64. Traveling west on US 64, go over the bridge on Jordan Lake. The entrance is on the right. Traveling east on US 64, the Parkers Creek entrance is the first left after seeing lake.
Jordan Lake Camping Trip - April 24-26
Friday, April 10th, 2009Pack,
We won’t be eating bugs and you won’t be voting anyone out of the campsite, but we will be going camping April 24-26 at Parker’s Creek out at the Jordan Lake campgrounds. The plan is to arrive before 8 p.m. (when the gates are locked) and set-up camp, settle in and have some S’mores before hitting the hay.
The next morning, breakfast will be provided by the Pack and cooked by members of the older dens (with some help).
10 – Noon – The Den’s will be split into competitive teams from among those in attendance and some friendly competition on Cub Scout skills will ensue.
Noon – 1:30 – Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 – A continuation of the friendly competition
3:30 – 5:30 – The friendly competition will end with a parent/son fishing tournament. In this catch and release tourney, the members of the teams will be able to score points for each fish they catch. May the best angler win.
5:30 – 7:30 – We’ll be putting together some Hobo meals and cooking our dinner before stoking the fire for our own Tribal Council and evening campfire, where there will be more S’mores, skits, songs and fun. Oh, and we’ll name a team victor and award some prizes before packing it in for the night.
Sunday morning will bring a light breakfast, a short devotional and leave for home.
Families and siblings are welcome to attend, but we need you to RSVP to me by April 17 so that we are able to know the amount of food to purchase. While we have been flexible with our response time to emails in the past, it only takes a few seconds to check you schedule and respond with who and how many are attending once you read the email. Please respond by April 17 so that we can “be prepared.”
Have a great weekend and we’ll see you all on Thursday evening.
Randy