Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 10)

Troop 466 also likes to do extra special things. This year, we celebrated a birthday (complete with cake and a gift) and had Cub Pack 466 join us for a Quesadilla dinner.

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 9)

Summer Camp is not Summer Camp without swimming.

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 8)

There are a variety of different additional activities that a troop can participate during their week at Scout Camp. One of these is the Pirate's Breakfast.


The troop goes to the Commissary and picks up breakfast. Then they head down to the Waterfront to pick up rowboats, head out on the lake and enjoy their feast.

The Old Man and the Sea?

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 7)

So, one of the questions that is periodically asked: What do the leaders do when the boys at at activites? Well, I can tell you that we don't sleep.

Each day there is a meeting of the leaders and key staff on issues in camp: food, the campfire, food, merit badges, food, trash, food, etc. You get the picture. Here we have some scenes from one of those meetings.

Although the meetings were pretty bland, the key thing was that there was COFFEE!!! Yes, it was not from Kenya, Peru or even Vietnam, but it was drinkable. And, no, it could strip the paint off a wooden door -- only bare metal, since it burned a hole right thru the door.

As you can tell, one leader does not seem happy that the coffee was not made one morning when he arrived for the meeting and he had to make it himself.

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 6)

As expected, there are merit badges that can and need to be earned in the outdoors. Here are some of our Scouts in the Scout Skill area working on the Pioneering Merit Badge.

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 5)

One of the skills every Scout is required to learn is First Aid. Here the Scouts are practicing the basics of CPR one evening after Taps.

Camp Bowman - Goshen Scout Camp 2009 (Set 4)

Now, although everyone wants to be out hiking, swimming, cooking, etc., periodically, you have to sit down around a table and learn. Of course, with every badge, there is some paperwork. Here are the guys in the Administration building taking a class.