Scouters Winter Campout (SWC) 2006

Back Row: Eric Flamm, Tim Holahan, Ted Scherck, John Hall, Brian Wright, Don Gantt, Taylor Hall, James Long, Paul Ullmann, Robert Orrand, Rick Aschenback
Front Row: Paul Fitzner, Rick Farber, Pete Corbett

Troop 772 Scouters, along with some scouting friends, participated in this year's Scouters Winter Campout (SWC). Intended to demonstrate that you can camp in the winter, Scouters organize into patrols and participate in games and activites, just like scout patrols in a troop. This year's theme was "Building Men, One Scout at a Time" and our patrols were the LeatherMan and Swiss Army patrols. The Swiss Army patrol came in first (among 37 patrols) in one of the games, and we earned the top award for campsite thanks to Mr. Gantt. As always, we ate well, from Mr. Orrand's cowboy breakfast to Mr. Gantt's venison burgers and Mr. Fitzner and Mr. Farbers hot fried catfish and Brunswick Stew. Mr. Hall and Mr. Aschenback made omelets in a bag on Sunday morning before the chapel service and closing ceremony.

The low temperature on Friday night was around 14 degrees; on Saturday, it probably was a bit warmer (but not much) - but the daytime weather was pleasant, and the skies were clear for astronomy on Saturday night.

Submitted by Eric Flamm