Camp Bud Schiele – Wednesday Update
As we make this website entry on Thursday morning, Wednesday seems like a blur. The boys have been very busy working on their merit badges and in the Trailhead area on Tenderfoot and Second Class rank requirements. A couple of the leaders were nice enough to take everyone’s stinky uniform to town and launder them yesterday. We all smelled a little better when we put them back on for assembly at dinner last night.
Leader Hugh Gladden, assisted by committee chairman Steve Finch, cooked a scrumptious “Very Berry” dutch oven cobbler for the scoutmaster cobbler cook off on Wednesday evening. There were several entries and the judges tasted them all – carefully making notes on the scorecards. The winner will be announced on Friday evening at the closing campfire. Following judging, many of our scouts who had gathered to cheer our chefs on were able to partake of the coblers that were brought for judging.
Following the cobbler contest, scouts gathered in the dining hall for Wednesday Night Vespers service and then an Order of the Arrow crackerbarrel.
Several of our scouts who are taking the Wilderness Survival merit badge left the developed part of camp after dinner on Wednesday night to “fend for themselves” overnight. They were able to take just a couple of items with them to help them build a shelter to sleep in overnight. Luckily the night was free of rain and all returned to camp this morning having slept little in their self-made shelters.
The scoutmasters were treated to a steak breakfast this morning. Following breakfast the scouts headed off to their morning classes. Below is a link to a short movie of the Space Exploration 8:30am merit badge class this morning where they were launching their rockets into the skies over Camp Bud Schiele.
Rocket Firing at Camp Bud Schiele
Those scouts that are aware that their parents are coming to visit tonight are really excited. We wish you all a safe and pleasant trip to camp and back home again, and we all look forward to seeing you later today.