The PLC met on Monday night.

Next month on May 14-15-16 will be the whitewater rafting trip. This year we have new choices. One choice includes kayaking. There must be more than four people to go kayaking. To be able to kayak you mutt be able to do a barrel roll. A barrel roll is doing a 360 roll in the kayak.

This year we will be working with a new company for our rafting trip called Adventure Trail. The man who owns the company is a scoutmaster and knows what we are working with. Our campsite will include grills, a pavilion, a nearby close stream, some close walking trails and most important, a bathroom with showers.

Cost is still under discussion but will probably be from $45 to abouyt $60.

On April 26 the younger scouts will work on scout ranks and patrol boxes learning what should go in a patrol box and what shouldn’t.

On May 3 there will be a cooking demo for everyone.

On May 10 everyone will be working on creating duty rosters and doing some basic scout training working up to the trip.

Discussion was also held about the last trip. Mr Spisak said he heard the trip was a success.

Things that we needed to start included making sure everyone knows the plan which included, in this case, to bring a daypack.

Some things we should stop included leaving trash available at night for nearby animals. And not leaving exposed food in our tents. We were reminded that several scouts wore tennis shoes which are NOT proper scout wear for hiking.

Mr Spisak also reminded us that the new scout leaders did not get an opportunity to lead and that troop guides needed to tone it down a bit and even if the new scouts did not succeed the new scouts need to step up and learn to be leaders.

Things to continue is to get a couple of things signed off during each trip for the new scouts.

YIS

Charlie Eaton
Troop Scribe