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Spring Camporee April 13, 2008

Posted by Jim Galley [ASM] in : general , trackback

Spring has finally arrived, and with it, our annual Benjamin Tallmadge District Spring Camporee. With new members of the dragon patrol afoot, we arrived at our campsite with 12 boys, lots of pop tarts, and a full wood pile just waiting to be thrown in the fire. After the adults figured out how to set up a Texas size tarp (whose size and silver reflective pattern is rumored to have disrupted air traffic by blinding pilots within a 30 mile radius), the boys put on an impressive display of cooking prowess - cooking not only 6 packs of ramen noodles, but steaks, potatoes, onions, hamburgers, hot dogs, pancakes and bacon! (not all at once, but you get the picture). With so much food on site, its surprising that the boys had any time to do anything but eat! But they did - and did an excellent job running their assigned statements, participating in the tug of war event, and even cooking an "interesting" iron chef competition entry of spam and chocolate pudding. Additional pictures can be seen here.