LAKEVIEW DISTRICT - SPRING CAMPOREE
March 31 - April 2, 2006
Sid Richardson Scout Ranch
Lake Bridgeport, Texas

It has been several weeks since we finished Camporee. We went into unchartered waters this weekend. Team Extreme it was. It was not for the faint of heart. If physical competition was not your thing you better stay at home safe with mom.

Troop 168 has excelled at Camporee since it’s beginning. This year was no different other than the fact we were asked to run it. One of our Scouts stated “Might as well run it since we already rule”. Modesty is not one of our strong suits.

The Camporee had over 470 Scouts and Scouters in attendance. There were 13 troops, 25 2-3 year scout patrols, 10 new scout patrols and 69 older Scouts signed up. It was a pretty decent size Camporee. It was a large success due to the likes of such greatness such as Jeff Bennett, Scott Flynn, Bob Mundlin and Steve White.

These men shared in running different parts of the total sum. They made it better and made it look easy. Our admissions were simpler, our games were more fun, we kept cars out of camp and our ceremonies were the best. These were our goals when we were asked to do this last year. We had some tremendous help from our unit commissioner Rick Mauk and his wife Kim. He spearheaded the callout and Kim ran the admissions.

Troop 168 had four 2-3 year patrols and 7 older Scouts participating in the events. We won 4 out of the 5 top spots (out of a total 25 patrols) in the 2-3 year old patrol age group. Congrats to the Rocky Mountain Gophers 1^st Place, Seven 2^nd Place, Grizzlies 4^th Place and Dragons 5th Place. There were only 2 points different between 4^th and 5^th. We had 7 older Scouts participating. Out of 31 Scouts we won the following overall scores for the day: 1^st Kenneth Stone, 4^th Mark McKinney, 6^th Cooper Flynn, 8^th Jason Boggus and 11^th Connor Perry.

We came in third on camp inspections because we missed the bonus of not having our tires chalked. Not a requirement just a subjective call. We won many scouting spirit awards and by far were the best-dressed group out there.

Lyn Flynn and Cherie Bennett took pictures and made a slide show for campfire. Outstanding effort!

We kicked off Camporee with opening flag ceremony run by Colby Edson and assisted by Nick Hope on the trombone and Ryan Bennett on the drums. We had Scouts active in call out ceremony - David White and Damien Jacot as runners. We had Scouts tapped out Casey Flynn, Nick Hope, Colby Edson, Steven Davies and Jason Boggus. It was a grand night for Troop 168.

We closed Camporee with a beautiful Chapel service run by Colby Edson. This was Colby’s largest audience to date. He received many compliments on an outstanding service.

Thank Mr Edson for being the Grubmaster (Karie Edson for securing the provisions) for 46 people. Thank the leaders that assisted in all parts. Thanks to the parents behind the scene like Jenny Hope, Vicki Smith and Julie Morrow. Thanks to Lyn Flynn and Cherie Bennett for their slide show.

A few great moments from the weekend.

1. The “Beat 168 Dream Team Patrol” that gave up on their worst nightmare.
2. The shootoff for second place between Kenneth Stone and Connor Perry.
3. The Hatchet throw.
4. No cars in camp.
5. The slide show.
6. The closing Chapel service.