Tuesday Night - WE'RE IN CHARGE!

On Tuesday, we're responsible for youth night. We're going to play games and have an ice cream sundae bar. Here are the individual responsibilities:

Mitch - Bowls and spoons
Brody - Candy, toppings, nuts, etc
Aaron - Chocolate and butterscotch syrum, whip cream, and cherries
Steve - Ice cream scoopers
Ike - Games and ice cream

The evening starts at 6:30pm. We're going to have a great time!

Court of Honor Report

The Court of Honor was awesome. Here are the ranks the boys made:

Aaron - 2nd Class
Mitch - 2nd Class
Brody - 2nd Class
Barrett - Star

In addition, most of the boys earned at least one merit badge. Six boys and leaders earned the Sedona/Oak Creek hiking badge. They are:

Dallin
Mitch
Wesley
Stacy
Randy
Me (Ike)

Our next Court of Honor will be in three months. Let's all make rank before then!

Cancelled October Campout - New October Plan!

We have a busy month in October. Instead of camping out on October 12th and 13th, we are going to spend that Saturday making our Class B uniforms at the Stine's house. After we are done making our very cool Red Riders T-Shirts, we'll be golfing at Antelope Hills so the boys can finish their merit badges.

Expect lots of cool photos on this blog of both events!

Thomas Point Photos

This trail was built in 1890 by the Thomas family so that they could get from their place in West Fork to Flagstaff. Thomas Point was named after J.L.V. "Dad" Thomas, who bought the West Fork Ranch in 1888. Before 1914, when Thomas built the road from West Fork to Flagstaff, people who wanted to visit Oak Creek used the Thomas Point Trail. Flagstaff to Thomas Point was a 4-5 hour wagon drive, and then travelers parked their wagons and walked the horses down this trail. Thomas build a lodge in 1900. It eventually became the Mayhews Lodge.

We had a great time on this trail. When we setup camp, we had a bat that bothered us for about 20 minutes, buzzing our heads and wrecking havoc. At 5:30am, we were awoken by a truck gathering firewood along the rim. Before that, we had no idea it was possible to drive up the rim, but there must be an access road on the back side of it, since on the front side, we hiked up a narrow trail to get there. Since we woke up so early, we went down and played in Oak Creek for an hour. Afterwards, we ate breakfast at McDonalds and rushed to help Cameron with his Eagle project.

September 7th - 8th - Campout

Meet at the church at 4pm on Friday, September 7th. We are going on the Thomas Point Trail.

We'll be back around 10am on Saturday, September 8th. I'll post photos up here after the hike is over.