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NJ State Police BSA Camporee

The 2007 NJ State Police Boy Scout Camporee was an amazing event! Over 9,500 scouts from the state of New Jersey attended the camporee in Sea Girt, NJ. It was held on October 5th, 6th and 7th. The State Police really went all out with an amazing event.

There were so many scouts that I could capture all of them in a single photo!

The State Police had demonstrations from virtually every department, division or group within the State Police. Here are some of the departments that were there: Aviation, Cavalry, Bomb Squad, BioHazard & Chemical Response, Forensics, Criminal Investigation, Park Police, Game Conservation, SCUBA Team, Beach and Shore Patrol, SWAT Team, Hazmat, and Search & Rescue Squad… There was alot more there! I can’t remember all of them. The scouts saw demonstrations of automatic weapons by the sniper team and an assault on a building by the SWAT team that began with them fast roping out of a helicopter.

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MJ’s Off to Summer Camp with the Scouts

MJ is off to Ten Mile River Scout camp with his Troop. This is the second week this summer that he is away from us. I’m a bit anxious to hear how this coming week turns out for him. He has planned to work on the swimming, mammal study, leather work and wood carving merit badges. Being up in a remote of an area in New York, we have to wait until this coming Saturday to find out how anything.

It was fun to work with MJ showing him how packing an entire week’s worth of clothes into his backpack. The backpack actually had some spare room after we were done!

Saturday can’t come soon enough.

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Court of Honor

Last night was the final Court of Honor for the Scout troop. The troop had 3 scouts make Eagle. They were the 175th, 176th and 177th Eagles for the troop. MJ officially received his Tenderfoot badge. Cathy was introduced to Boy Scout skits! It was comical to see the expression on her face after the first skit.

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5 Mile Hike

Saturday MJ & I went on a 5 mile hike through Thompson Park with the Boy Scout troop. We had a total of 5 scouts, including MJ, join the hike. The weather was  really good. Clear skies and temp was in the 80’s. We had the scouts use their compasses to direct us through the park. Of course we had a backtrack a few times, but they did good.

I’ve lived in Lincroft for the past 12 years. I have to say I was surprised at how large the park was. I’ve been in Thompson park a few times, but I always stayed on the paths or near the buildings. I never ventured out on the trails. I quickly realized I’ve been missing about 3/4 of the park!!

With MJ receiving his Tenderfoot badge, he is starting to work on Second Class. This hike is one for the requirements for that rank. Hopefully he’ll be able to get a few merit badges completed while at week long summer camp in July.

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Weekend Campout at Cheesquake

I joined my son on a Boy Scout camp out to Cheesquake State Park. This was my son’s 2nd camp out with the troop. It was my first not only with this troop but also my first in scout camp out in 18 years. We managed to pitch camp before the rain began. I had the job of Troop quartermaster, which is to say I helped handout all the gear. If the scouts needed anything, I would get it out of the trailer.

About an hour after getting camp setup it began to rain. It rained through the entire day and night. a couple of tents got flooded. But for the most part the boys managed to keep their sleeping gear dry.
It was a lot of fun to see the kids learn the basic outdoor skills such as orienteering, pioneering, first aid and some team building skills. At night in my sleeping bag I called Cathy to say goodnight and to tell her about the wonderful memories of sleeping in a tent. Of course she told me that I was nuts.

Fortunately the rain let up about 2 hours before we had to break down camp. All in all it was a great way to spend the weekend!

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