.....Kind

This month we combined with the young women of the ward and did service at the local Bishop's Storehouse and Dry Pack Cannery.
Enjoy the pictures!

Waiting around to get started

 

Signing in

Packing produce

Packing more produce

 

Packing paper towels and toilet paper

More toilet paper

I don't have many pictures from the cannery itself because of  all the cleanliness rules they have, but here are some fun pictures of us getting all ready to go.

You get to wear some pretty awesome gear in the cannery

I was the only one who got to wear a beard net. I guess it's the closest I'll get to being a surgeon.

Early Season Backpacking at its Finest

Another month, another outing.
Ironically, the weather was better for our February outing than our March outing.
This time around we decided we would get a taste of some easy backpacking. The perfect place for this is Elkhorn Campground off the Dosewallips River Road. Several years ago the road was washed out about one mile from this campground, isolating what was once a drive-in campground.

Since it's on a road, it's easy to hike to. The first part of the hike has a little bit of vertical while you get around the washout, but once on the other side, it's easy road grade. I had hoped we would be at a low enough elevation that we wouldn't encounter snow, but it turned out my hope was in vain. It's alright, though, since that is part of the adventure of scouting. Since we all had work and school and stuff, we didn't get out until late afternoon Friday, so we did our hiking up to Elkhorn in the dark. We had plenty of headlamps and flashlights, so it wasn't very tough.

 

Originally, we were planning on staying Friday night at Elkhorn, then walking further up the road Saturday morning. I read that near the Dosewallips ranger station there is a great waterfall and some of the boys wanted to try reaching it. However, since this was our first attempt at backpacking, and the weather was worse than we thought it would be, we decided we'd had enough fun and packed up to head out.

I think it was a successful outing and I know pretty much everybody learned something new.
Stay tuned for more adventures!

.....Clean (But not afraid to get dirty!)

Some inspirational words from Mike Rowe at the 2010 National Jamboree.

....Helpful

For our December outing we wanted to get a taste of some cold weather camping as well as do a little service. We decided to head to and LDS church owned property near Belfair, WA, Zions Camp.

During the night we slept in some shelters that did not retain any heat, so we succeeded in getting our taste of cold weather camping.

To help us warm up, the camp directors had a project all ready for us in the morning. We spent a couple of hours chopping wood. The wood is used by patrons to the camp area. The first armload is free, but there is a nominal charge above that. With all the trees up there, I'm sure there is no shortage axe swinging. The boys all had a great time trying their hands at heavy splitting mauls and even a hydraulic splitter. Here's the proof.

If you would like information about joining, contact us at 1546orchardheights@gmail.com

Court of Honor

In November we had a long-overdue court of honor. There were lots of merit badges to go around and we even had a handful of rank advancements, including 2(!) new First Class Scouts!!
Here are some great pictures.

....Friendly

Welcome to the official blog of the Orchard Heights Troop 1546. We are part of the Sinclair District in the Chief Seattle Council.
Our troop is about five years old and we're always trying to grow.
Our next overnight outing is coming up soon. If you would like to learn more about our troop or possibly accompany us on our next outing, send me a message and I'll set you up.
Check back soon for more updates, and have a great day!