Health & Fitness
High Adventure Curriculum Activities and More Rain – Day 8 – July 22, 2013
Monday was designated as the high adventure core curriculum activity day. Specifically, in advance of the Jamboree, the Scouts had selected a core high adventure activity where they would have a concentrated area of exposure. Most Scouts who had made these pre-selections were matched to their top one or two choices. Approximately one-fourth of the boys in the Troop had failed to make these selections proactively prior to departure. However, seven of these nine boys were successful in securing an activity after Tuesday’s opening ceremonies.
Most boys had an early departure from the camp site with many on the road by 6:15 am due to the long hikes to their selected activities. Many managed their day in a manner which allowed them to squeeze-in additional elective activities. All of the boys expressed satisfaction in their activities and the dinner table was abuzz in an exchange of stories.
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The Sunday deluges left the campsites and public areas awash in excessive water pooling which has been quickly trampled into mud pits by the thousands of feet traversing each location. While the camp sites appear to have been professionally planned and graded to maximize run-off, it appears that the clay soil is simply not draining the water quickly enough which is leading to difficult navigation of the entire reservation. The guidance to pack many additional socks has proven to be very valuable, since proper foot care is essential in these types of conditions. Parents should expect to have huge laundry piles upon return on Wednesday.
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Mother Nature provided another pre-dinner deluge. Consistent with the National weather Service Flash Flood Watch guidance, this downpour on top of the previous one-half inch of rain appears to have raised our cumulative rainfall total to about the one-inch mark. The drainage ravines were working as designed and quickly filled with rushing storm waters. Scouts engaged in camp songs while enduring the rain delays and some of the more daring Scouts quickly created their own slip and slides among the camp site runaways.
The Scouts are to be commended on how they are enduring the conditions that Mother Nature deals Troop B410. Despite the obstacles, the boys persevere and consistently achieve their goals and objectives. The obstacles are those situations that will embellish the experience of a lifetime.
