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By Roger Pierson
Special to the Rappahannock News
Boy Scout Troop 36 traveled to Camp Rock Enon near Gore, Va. to attend Summer Camp during the week of July 28 through Aug. 3. This is the camp for the Shenandoah Area Council to which the Troop belongs, so most of the Scouts had attended on many previous occasions both as Boy Scouts and as Cub Scouts.
After a busy afternoon unpacking, setting up camp, checking merit badge schedules, and having pictures taken, the Troop voted to attempt to earn the Rock Enon Elite award. This decision added a great measure of fun and accomplishment to the following week. As an Elite award service project, the troop split and delivered firewood to the camp’s many sites. This involved the use of a hydraulic wood splitter, a first opportunity for many to use one of the worlds finest “boy toys”. The appreciation shown by the recipients of the firewood afforded its own reward.
Food during the week was served cafeteria style with each troop taking a turn during the week manning the service lines. The dining hall was divided into four quadrants for the purposes of determining which troops were privileged to go first for seconds. In a break from the normal orderly fashion that camp is run, the quadrant yelling the loudest went first. The competition for seconds of pork barbecue during Friday’s lunch was heavy, but won by the troop’s quadrant due to more than a little help from their Scoutmaster.
As part of the Rock Enon Elite award, the troop cooked a pancake breakfast in their campsite. This was a welcome break from the routine as the Scouts took the time to prepare the flat comestibles exactly the way each preferred. There was plenty of maple syrup to go around, and the meal, if not the cleanup, was enjoyed by all.
The Scouts occupied most of their time during the day working on merit badges they had selected and scheduled prior to camp. In addition to the one-hour merit badge sessions, open time in the late afternoon was available for practice in the shooting sports, swimming, and other scout skills. In all, the Scouts of Troop 36 earned 50 merit badges including: Archery!3), Athletics! 1), Canoeing! 1), Cooking(8), Emergency Preparedness(8), First Aid(6), Leatherwork(l), Orienteering! 1), Reptile and Amphibian Study(6), Rifle Shooting! 3), Shotgun Shooting(3), Soil and Water Conservation^), Swimming(4), Weather!!), Wilderness Survival! 1),
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