Camp Bud Schiele – Tuesday Update

The scouts and scouters of Troop 108 had a great time on Tuesday at Camp Bud Schiele.  The facilities are nice, the food is amazingly good and plentiful and the staff is energized and keeping the spirit level of the entire camp high.

After a hearty breakfast, our boys headed out to their classes on Tuesday and before you knew it, it was time for lunch.  Sub sandwiches and chips filled everyone up and they headed off to their afternoon classes.  We had a thunderstorm roll through the area about mid-afternoon, but all we got was thunder, cooler breezes and a little rain.

At each evening assembly a small cannon outside of the dining hall is fired.  They didn’t fire it on Sunday night, and on Monday night is really caught us off guard.  If you never seen a grown man try to duck while jumping at the same time, let me tell you that it is a sight to behold.  We were more ready for it on Tuesday evening and took a short video of the canon being fired.

Cannon Firing at Camp Bud Schiele

After supper of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls and brownie (with cold milk), we were almost too full for the evening troop activity – SWIMMING!  The boys and leaders had a fun time in the water (see the pictures in the sidebar).

The evening activity was a showing of the 1960’s version of the “Clash of the Titans” (following the Spartan theme of the week).  The boys all kicked in a couple of dollars each for pizza and the troop furnished ice cold Pepsi’s.  What a great night!

Though it was midnight before we got the boys in the bed (and even later before some of them went to sleep), we were all up and ready to go this morning and another great start.

We’re blessed with a good group of scouts and a bunch of dedicated leaders who were willing to take vacation time to spend with our boys in the heat of the day (and night).

Be sure to check out the pictures in the sidebar of the website.