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December 2006 - Patrol Outings
Each Patrol scheduled and ran their own outings
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November 2006 - First Aid & Emergency Preparedness Merit Badges
Hoover Outdoor Education Center, Yorkville, IL
The November Campout is First-Aid and Emergency Preparedness troop outing scheduled for the weekend of November 17-19.
This outing will be held nearby at the Hoover Outdoor Education Center in Yorkville. This outing will offer patrol style
cooking, tent camping, and the opportunity for Scouts to earn their Emergency Preparedness and First-Aid Merit Badges.
Scout leaders selected a theme of Flash Floods for the emergency preparedness drill.
Permission Slip
| Show Camp
Map from Church to Camp
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September 2006 - Canoeing
Muskegon, MI
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June 2006 - Mountain Biking Campout
Kettle Moraine State Forest - Warrenville, WI
The scouts enjoyed a weekend stay at the Kettle Moraine State Park in Wisconsin.
When we arrived on Friday Night, we had the typical challenges of
setting up our tents while it was getting dark and starting to rain.
We quickly ate our cracker barrel and went to bed. On Saturday, we
went mountain biking on nearby biking trails. Everyone had a lot of
fun flying through the forest and trying different trails. We all
started on the red trail and the some of the more adventurous scouts
ventured out on the white, green, and orange trails. After dinner we
had a hike down to a lake near our campsite and had fun lying around
the lake and looking for frogs.
The mountain biking took place on the John Muir trails during the day Saturday in the Kettle Moraine State Forest in
Wisconsin.
KETTLE; ket-'l, kettle-shaped depressions in the landscape formed by the melting
of large blocks of ice that were buried in glacial
drift.
MORAINE; mo-ran', hilly belts of connected ridges and mounds that are usually formed
along the glacier's
edge.
Kettle Moraine is a 100 mile band of hills, ridges, and depressions in eastern Wisconsin formed along the
intersection of two gigantic lobes of ice during the last Ice Age, 10,000 to 25,000 years ago.
The kettles are places where blocks of ice were burried under sand and gravel. When the ice melted,
the soil on top caved in creating depressions. Some filled with water up to 100 feet deep. A forest of
hardwoods mixed with pine plantations cover the landscape.
There are 5 different trail loops of differing difficulty and duration to choose from....
Red Loop (1.5 miles)
The Red loop is a good, short (beginner level) loop through open
fields,
scattered pines and hardwoods. This loop has only one small downhill section.
Some bikers use this loop to warm-up before taking the other loops.
White Loop (4.0 miles)
The White loop, an intermediate level trail, adds roughly 2 miles
to the Red loop. You will encounter a narrow section of the trail that overlooks
the
largest of three leatherleaf bogs.
Orange Loop (5.3 miles)
The Orange loop offers steep uphills and downhills, but avoids the more
technical sections
that are encountered on the Green and Blue loops.
Green Loop (6.8 miles)
Some of the roughest most diverse sections of the Kettle Moraine Forest
will be
encountered as you travel along the Green and Blue loops. Because
of the steep hills, rocky terrain and sharp turns, the green and blue loops
are popular with serious
mountain bikers.
Blue Loop (10.0 miles)
Some of the best single track in the area, this loop was designed just for
mountain biking. The blue loop takes
you 3.2 miles deep into an old growth forest.
If you are ready to test your physical strength and ability, take the blue loop!.
Permission Slip
| Kettle Moraine Map with Camp Site
| Biking Trail Map
| Map from Church to Camp
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May 2006 - Rank Advancement Campout
Sand Ridge State Forest - Forest City, IL
We worked on a variety of advancements such as cooking at this camp-out. The scouts had fun playing games and enjoying a campfire program hosted by Pat G. and Richard P.
We also had a flag retiring ceremony for some old troop flags.
Permission Slip |
Map from Church to Camp
| IL/DNR - Camp Info
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April 2006 - Cooking Campout
Blackwell Forest Preserve - Warrenville, IL | Show Camp
We had fun cooking with the new patrols as their first campout. The scouts also had a competition involving judging of the food by our ASMs.
Winner of the competition was Nathaniel H.
Map from Church to Camp
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February 2006 - Merit Badge Clinic
ASM L. Christian's House - Naperville, IL (January 28 & February 11)
Over two Saturdays in January and February Troop 510 held our annual Merit Badge Clinic.
This year we had ten different merit badge choices with topics for both new and older scouts.
The merit badges included: American Heritage, Personal Management, Photography, Citizenship in the Community,
Family Life, Oceanography, Personal Fitness, Citizenship in the World, Fire Safety, and Fingerprinting
(which was really popular with the new scouts)! Nearly everyone signed up for two merit badges and some of
the new scouts were able to complete three. Everyone had a good time and enjoyed taking the merit badges
because the Christian house has lots of small rooms and gives for peace and quiet.
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January 2006 - Luging Campout
Muskegon, MI
Cancelled due to lack of snow.
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