PVPD

We took a tour of the Prescott Valley Police Department, and while there were a lot of interesting things, the Scouts found the holding cells the most interesting. So here's a couple pictures of how that worked out for them!

Bradshaw Mountains

Our monthly hike took us into the Bradshaw Mountains just south of Prescott. The temperatures were a bit brisk, to say the least. The Scouts decided that building a few improvised shelters might help with that, and you know how Scouts are - once they want it done they get it done!

Click on Cody in the hammock below to see more pictures.

Lake Pleasant

We went to Lake Pleasant for a little night fishing, and took along some Cub Scouts to join in the fun! Night fishing was a bit of a bust, as we only caught one catfish and a few crawdads, but if was fun, nonetheless. We spent the night in the lake campground, which is the first time that I can recall Troop 95 sleeping in a campground!

In the morning we headed into the lack for some swimming and kayaking - and dang that water was cold!

Click the view from the water below to see more pictures.

Bear Canyon

We headed into the backcountry of Bear Canyon along the Verde River. Old homesites and corrals dot the landscape, and there's lots of good swimming and even a little cliff jumping to be had!

Some of the Scouts had to finish up their Wilderness Survival merit badge from Scout Camp, so a big shelter was built and the boys who needed to slept in it.

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Scout Camp at Camp Geronimo!

Every other year, Troop 95 goes to Camp Geronimo in beautiful northern Arizona, and this year it was awesome! Lots of great activities and the Scouts earned over 40 merit badges and several Rank advancements!

Click the photo below for more pictures of Scout Camp 2011!

Cooking!

Our campout in May was the annual Fathers and Sons campout, and while it was fun and many Scouts were able to attend with their fathers, we managed to not get any pictures from it. So we're going to post up pictures from a merit badge, instead !

The Scouts had the chance to complete their Cooking merit badge thanks to the amazing cooking skills and knowledge of Randy Nelson. After a night of learning cooking safety, hygiene, kitchen terms, and menu prep, the Scouts got the ingredients together and cook some pizza. And not just 1 pizza . . . . they cooked 4 pizzas! And the best part is that all of the pizza was very, very good! After we had stuffed ourselves with food (and root beer), the Scouts learned about the other important parts of cooking - cleaning up! Everyone was able to take home leftovers, and it was quite the learning experience for everyone.

Thanks Randy!

As always, click the picture below for more pictures.

Aviation Merit Badge

We don't often put up pics and info on the merit badges that we do, but this one was very cool and since the Scouts got to take a trip to finish it, we thought we'd post up some photos.

For the last several weeks the Scouts have been working on their Aviation merit badge. They sure have learned a lot, thanks entirely to Chad Lofton and Dave Hepworth, who have been instrumental in the boys achieving this goal.

After a couple of Scout nights spent in the classroom, we headed out to the airport to get some hands-on experience. The boys got to sit in the cockpits of helicopters and planes, head to the top of the flight control tower and see the operations center, and then they had the chance to climb inside of the Embry Riddle flight simulator and take a plane for a virtual flight!


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