Yes, this is a picture of the elusive geo-duck, captured while troop565 was on a geocache (info) hunt during our weekend campout at Harriman state park. This little critter was happily stashed away in his warm, cozy hideaway for years until our intrepid troop tracked and uncovered his whereabouts armed with only a general lat / lon address and a strong desire to get back to camp to start dinner. Kudos to BillyS from uncovering the geocache whereabouts. In the geo-ducks place, we left the famous trebuchet throwing ring from our winning 2006 event, and the troop members signed their name in the log book. Good luck to future geocache explorers in finding this stash.
As you can tell from the picture, the weekends weather conditions were somewhat wet. It rained on the (short & flat) hike up the hill, and once tents were pitched and lunch was digested, stopped for 6 hours which made for good exploring weather. Despite the soaked environment, a good cooking fire was started, clothes dried, and upon return to camp, dinner completed before the next round of rain storms arrived. Our fire making skills shined through – the fire remained lit through the rain, allowing a later night campfire revival by the older scouts which finished with a bang! (don’t ask.. )
All in all, the boys had fun, kept reasonably dry and got some hiking experience in. Congrats to the Dragons for completing their first winter campout hiking adventure, and thanks to all the scouts for making this a memorable experience for all. More pictures from the campout can be viewed here.
