Troop 55 Summer Camp Meeting February 24, 2013

Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch – in West Texas  Who: 1 st and 2 nd year scouts + scout leadership  What: MB Camp + Mid Adventure – Merit badges (e.g. horsemanship, astronomy, and advanced climbing) – Advancement to 1 st Class – Mid Adventure (ages 13+) Cavalry Adventure Camp Cavalcade Horseback Experience – Travel by chartered bus  When: June (15)16-22  Cost: about $700  Coordinator: John Walker Space is Available – Scouts and Adults Photograph by Colby Lysne

Camp Powhatan – Blue Ridge Scout Res, Va  Who: 1 st and 2 nd year scouts + scout leadership  What: Merit badge camp in the valley formed by Big Macks Creek – Merit badges + advancement to 1 st Class – The group will fly to Va (TBD), and travel by bus to camp  When: July  Cost: about $1000  Leader: Robert Lombardi Space is Available – Scouts and Adults

Claytor Lakes Aquatics Base – Blue Ridge Scout Res, Va  Who: 13 by the time of camp  What: Mid-level adventure – Scouts looking for thrills on the water and merit badge opportunities – Wakeboarding (14), scuba cert (14), sailing, motorboating, waterskiing, kayaking, rowboats – Fly to Va (TBD), bus to camp  When: July  Cost: about $1000  Adult leader: Robert Lombardi Space is Available – Scouts and Adults

High Knoll Trail – Blue Ridge Scout Res, Va  Who: 12.5 by the time of camp  What: Mid-level backpacking adventure – Backpacking from outpost to outpost in the mornings – Outposts: horseback riding, mountain boarding, paintball, rock climbing, black powder shooting – Fly to Va (TBD), bus to camp  When: July  Cost: about $1000  Adult leader: Robert Lombardi Space is Available – Scouts and Adults

Mountain Man Camp – Blue Ridge Scout Res, Va  Who: 13 by the time of camp  What: Mid-level adventure – Travel back in time to 18 th century Appalachia. – Dress, eat, live like the Long Hunters who explored Va’s frontier – Cook over open fire, muzzle-loading riflery, make your own hunting knife and sheath, blacksmithing, wilderness survival – Fly to Va (TBD), bus to camp  When: July  Cost: about $1000  Adult leader: Robert Lombardi Space is Available – Scouts and Adults

Colorado River Canoeing – in the Texas Hill Country  Who: Scouts 12+  What: Canoeing in the Hill Country – 2½ days of canoeing – Must pass BSA swim test – Travel by Van/PV  When: July  Cost: about $70  Coordinator: Karl Dahm Space is Available – Scouts and Adults

Buffalo River Canoeing – Camp Orr in Arkansas Space is Available – Scouts and Adults  Who: Scouts with Canoeing Merit Badge that are 14+ or completed the 8th Grade  What: Week long canoe camping trek down the Buffalo River in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas –Travel by van  When: June  Cost: $600  Coordinators: Mark Parenti & Valerie McNeel

Galveston Sea Base  Who: Age 13 and up  What: The group will rotate through small and medium boat sailing and sea kayaking, learning associated skills and enjoying Galveston Bay Space is Available – Scouts & Adults – No prior sailing or kayaking experience necessary – Possible sailing and/or kayaking merit badges, but no guarantees – Must pass BSA swimmer test – Travel by personal auto  When: June  Cost: about $600  Leader: Tre Fischer

NATIONAL JAMBOREE Uncertain space available  Who: Age 13 and up  When: July  Contact: Zig Werla

Trip Limited space available  Who: Mature Star- 13 by trip or have completed Philmont trek  What: One trip: 2 activities: Service to Amistad Mission in Bolivia and Winter backpacking trek in Patagonia-Torres del Paine Route W  When: July 20 to Aug. 5  Cost: Est: $  Travel: Tentative- Santiago, Chile; LaPaz, Bolivia; Punta Arenas Chile and Santiago, Chile  Preparation: Extensive skill requirements to be completed Bolivia and Patagonia Service Adventure

 Who: Completed 8 th grade or age 14 by camp  What: Scuba Diving, 11 dives along the Florida Keys, including 1 night dive  When: July  Travel: Fly to Ft Lauderdale and shuttle to camp  Cost: about ~$1500  Adult coordinator: Sue Lombardi Sea Base (Florida Keys) Waiting List Only

 Who: Completed 8 th grade or age 14 by camp  What: 12-day backpacking over >50 miles; rafting trip near Taos initial day  When: June  Cost: about $1550  Fly to Albuquerque  Leader: James Cauble Philmont (in the mountains of New Mexico) Limited space available

Glacier National Park Backpacking  High-level, Post Philmont Trek (14+, 9th grade+)  When: 8/3-10 or 8/10-17  Cost: ~$1500  Ross Spence and Vernon Jones

All scouts Texas MBCavalry (TX) Cavalcade (TX) Virginia MBHigh Knoll (Va)Mountain Man (Va) Claytor Lake (Va) Jamboree 1 st Class and 12 or 11+6 th TX Canoeing Ark. Canoe Patagonia Galveston NYLT + 1 st Class Sea Base (FL) or 8 th grade Philmont or 8 th grade Glacier NP + 9 th grade NAYLE + req NYLT Camps by Age

National Youth Leadership Training – Camp Strake – 13+ and First Class  6/9-14  6/17-22 National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience Six Philmont Sessions – 14 and NYLT  6/16-29, 7-6  7/21-8/10 + Regional courses Youth Leadership Training

Mark Your Calendars!  Final summer camp meeting  May 18, 2012  TIME TBD