We're Prepared!

Hey! I got back from the Fall Camporee today! It was a lot of fun. It was themed around Emergency Preparedness. Here is pretty much what all happened:

Friday: We got there about 6:30PM. We got our stuff set up and split up into patrols and cooked hot dogs. We each had a grill and all the stuff we needed. The patrol I was staying with only had 3 other guys in it. After we ate, Reagan and I headed over to HQ for the SPL Meeting. We were a few minutes late but got caught up on everything we needed to know. After that we went back to camp and chilled for the rest of the night. We went to bed about 11PM.

Saturday: We woke up at 6:45 and got dressed. We broke into patrols again and cooked. Our patrol had bacon, sausage, and pancakes. After that Reagan and I went to another SPL Meeting. After that we had flag raising and opening ceremony. We then sent our younger guys off to one of the four stations. We went as a troop to the second one for basic review and to hear from the guest speaker. After that the younger guys went to the rest of the classes and we went back to camp to work on the entranceway. For lunch our patrol had ham and turkey sandwiches. After another SPL meeting we met to do some scenarios. Our first one was supposed to be like a plane crash. We were the rescuers. The victims were on the ground and had fake blood and little cards telling us what was wrong with them. We had to take them to safety. It was really fun. When it was our turn to be victims in the next scenario, they decided to only use 30 people. I wasn't picked. Why the heck wouldn't they pick me? I already am missing an arm so all i need is some blood and i'm good! Haha!

One of the Staff got a call in that one of the troops was missing a scout. They made tons of calls around and no one knew where he was. We then had a short meeting and actually performed a search ands rescue. It was really scary because we realized how serious it could be. Anyways, we searched for over an hour and then someone claimed to have found him. Well, later that night we found out it was faked. There was not real missing person. The staff had told one of the older guys a certain place in the woods to stand and pretend to be lost. I'm not gonna get into it here, but I think that was really stupid. I don't care if it was just a drill, you dont fake that you have a missing person just for practice. They had a lot of us really scared and praying for this guy. Whatever.

So after that we had Dinner and then worked on our skit. For dinner we had Hobo Meals. For our skit we based it off of a blond joke about Indians. It was pretty funny. The campfire went great and our skit turned out really good and everyone laughed. After that the guys 14 and over had our older scout program. It was really cool because we walked up to an old barn which actually turned out to be a small bar/club. Of course, no alcohol for us. :( WAAAAH!!!! Haha, just kidding. They had a pool table, pinball machine, Foosball table, tvs, and a bunch of couches and seats. It was awesome! Me and Reagan stayed for about half an hour then decided to head back to camp and be with our guys. Soon after we had to get to bed. Reagan and I along with 2 other guys in another tent talked for like 2 hours before actually falling asleep. It was pretty awesome.

Sunday: We got up and ate cereal for breakfast. Then we went to flag raising and the chapel service. We came back and cleaned up camp. Then at 11AM we had the awards ceremony. We won 3rd place Entranceway and 3rd Place Spirit Award. That's pretty good! Rock on guys! After that we went back to camp and finished packing while eating sandwiches for lunch. After our campsite was inspected we loaded the bus and drove the whole 30 minutes back to the church.

So that's pretty much it for my campout. I've been talking to Jake for a long time today and it is so awesome to talk with him one-on-one for a while. Anyways, it's almost midnight. SCHOOL TOMORROW! NOOOOO!

I hope everyone has a great night!

See ya,
Clifton