Scouts, get ready for our annual cook off court of honor at the church, where you all will cook for your fellow scouts, leaders, and family members. You will get into teams of 3 with anybody in the troop, and you will divide up the work to create a main, side, and dessert dish. Parents and adult leaders will vote on who had the best main, side, and dessert, as well as the best team all around. The winners will receive yum yum cash money... Click "Read More" for more details

We got to Falling Rock around 1:30 and met our troop guides. Then we got a couple of bins to take our gear to the campsite. This year, we were in the pines (the best spot). After we set up the tents, we got our wristbands. Then we went to do the swim check. After dinner, we went on the campwide tour. On Monday, after breakfast, we went to the merit badges we wanted to get and there was going to be the astronomy hike but they didn't end up doing it because it was too cloudy (read more)

All the voting is finally complete and here are the results and breakdown:

Summer Camp: 15 votes were in on day 5 of 8. Camp Birch, MVSR, and Camp Friedlander (2) were eliminated as they combined for only 2 votes. On day 7, the totals were Seven Ranges (4), Falling Rock (6), Beaumont (5), so Seven Ranges was eliminated. Finally, on the last day, Camp Falling Rock kept the lead 8-7 against Camp Beaumont.

Shirt Color: During the troop meeting we picked our favorite 3 base colors to be voted on. On day 5 the score was Atomic Blue (10), Royal Blue (0) and Neon Pink (9). Royal Blue was eliminated. When the poll ended Atomic Blue was beating Neon Pink 12-11.