Summer Camp

Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation, PA

22- 28 June 2008

Our annual trek to summer camp took us to Pennsylvania this year and a return to Hawk Mountain where we first visited back in 2005.  Hawk Mountain was everything we remembered and more -- a great staff, excellent program, beautiful surroundings, and even great food!  We earned lots of merit badges and advancement requirements and several Scouts and leaders earned the Kittatinny Award -- a special Hawk Mt award given to campers that complete a wide range of activities during the course of the week.  We performed two skits at the closing campfire ("1-800 Bad Skit.net, and "Are You Smarter Than A Tenderfoot?".  Both were great!  Over half of the group (Scouts & Scouters) were up early every morning for the Polar Bear Swim and thanks to Mr. Collins' excellent shooting instruction, Mr. Donnell won the "Old Man of the Mountain Award" with the top shooting score at the rifle range for the week.

Getting ready to go                                                                                           

Walking to our campsite                                                                                 Orientation

In line at the dining hall                                                                                 

                                                                                                                        On the orienteering course

                                                                                                                       Retreat ceremony

At the archery range                                                                                       The Lake

Sam finds a big (really big) spider                                                Playing "Underground"

Retreat ceremony                                                                                           Polar Bear swim

  At breakfast, reading the "Hawk Talk"                                                             Handicraft area

At the trading post

Previewing our skits for Ben

                                                                                                                         Singing in the dining hall

More games

On the way to the closing campfire

The Indian Village                                                                                          Sitting at the campfire ring

In front of the dining hall                                                                                      Our campsite

One last trip to the Trading Post