OldGreyEagle 5 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Whilst others banter, how about listing things that your scouts do do and still follow the BSA program: 1. Go on patrol camping trips without adults 2. Play Capture the Flag, at night with or without illumination 3. Go climbing and rappelling what things does your troop do that gets kids excited? Link to post Share on other sites
Bob White 20 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Is this just limited to troops? How about Packs, Crews, and Ships? After all there is more to the Boy Scouts of America then just Boy Scouts. Link to post Share on other sites
kraut-60 10 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Our Troop really enjoys visiting Eagle Cave in SW WI. No meals to prepare, no duty roster, just getting good-n-dirty crawling through the nooks and crannies and sleeping in a real cave for an overnighter. we also go bicycling on the Sparta-Elroy bike trail in Cent.WI Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 My guys use to love a good game of touch football! Link to post Share on other sites
Lisabob 13 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Three fairly common things we do that the boys love: 1) wide games 2) capture the flag (pick up games after dinner) 3) (in winter) build quinzees Three less common activities we've done that the boys love: 1) aviation-themed camp out at local airport, complete with opportunities to fly 2) luging camp out where the boys got to sled down the US olympic luge training track. 3) dog sledding That's on top of back packing, fishing, hiking, canoeing, wilderness survival, pioneering, etc., etc. Don't tell me there's nothing fun to do anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Oh silly me, when I spun a thread off of a thread titled "Is there ANYTHING a scout is ALLOWED to do anymore ?!?!?" I thought the reason for using the term "scout" was obvious, guess I was mistaken. Lets see, there are Cub Scouts and Sea Scouts, we all know there is no such thing as Venture Scouts, but as Marvin Lee Aday would say two out of three ain't bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Bob White 20 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 No OGE, Silly me! When you said "what things does your troop do that gets kids excited?" It led me to believe that you only wanted to hear form Boy Scouts and their leaders. Now that I understand that when you said TROOP that you welcom information from Packs, Crews, and Ships, I understand your post more clearly, and hope to see what others do. In Cubs the Webelos spend a weekend aboard a submarine the Pack went to a rodeo In Boy Scouts the troop hiked on a glacier Went caving amd spent the night underground for a weekend Downhill skiing Cross country skiing hiked at Yellowstone did a boat tour of Glacier national park White water canoeing 75 mile overnight bike hikes rock climbed and rapelled visted a World Scout jamboree sledded down hills on garbage can lids, cardboard boxes, and inner-tubes climbed trees at a high COPE course just for a few adventures As Sea Scouts Took part in a Coast Guard search and rescue on the Great Lakes Race olympic class sailboats take boy Scouts sailing Fired off flare guns with the Coast guard sail approx 20 weekends a year Heck, notin to do here! Link to post Share on other sites
Eagledad 2792 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well for the Cub Scouts, building and racing Cubmobiles is a blast. Boy Scouts can do it as well, but I've not seen that much. BArry Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 From the current years plannimg, pioneering, climb/rappeling, float trip, mountain biking, wilderness survival, cooking, cold weather camping, fishing, hiking, camporee, webelos woods, staffing cub day camp. Those are what I can remember without a calendar in front of me. We also do a troop annual high adventure trip to Philmont or Northern Tier or one we make up. Link to post Share on other sites
DeanRx 69 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Since I'm firmly rooted in the Cubbie category for at least the next 4 years... Pack activities for this year include... 1) Family pack campouts 2) Bike Rodeo 3) Holiday parade float 4) Popcorn selling 5) "Pie-in-the-face" of the CM for top popcorn sellers 6) Space Derby 7) Raingutter Regatta 8) Council Fun-w-Son weekends 9) B&G in Feb 10) Pinewood Derby (go fast or go home !) 11) Erosion control / landscape planting at our local school (serive project) 12) Scout Fair 13) Day hikes / public park litter clean-up (service project) So - we got a few things going on... Figured if I was the OP from the spun thread, the least I could do is throw in some positives over here Link to post Share on other sites
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