Camporee at Smithville Lake
October 18-20, 2002

Troop 376 was successful at Camporee again this year. The Beaver Patrol won a 17" aluminum Dutch Oven which they donated to the Troop during the Patrol competitions. They constructed their shelter in a record 2 minute time with every knot properly tied. The Webelos Wolverine Den from Pack 376 also won the Den competition. Our Troop was chosen to perform opening flag ceremonies because of our sharp appearance.

Everyone was happy with the plethora of beads for our coup belts. Two black coups for freezing temperatures Saturday night, two blue coups for the downpour we weathered on Friday night while setting up camp, two stars and two cubes for Camporee, and a patch!

Food was wonderful and everyone watched in wonder as the 14 turkeys were removed from the giant smoker and lined up for viewing. All of the Dutch Ovens were put into action for the au gratin potatoes and green beans. The new donut fryer (thanks Dunfee) worked like a dream. The donut production line never worked more smoothly. 800 donuts were fried and eaten. We also scrambled 360 eggs, 50 pounds of sausage, 30 gallons of soup, and countless hash browns for breakfast. Did all of the turkeys, sausage and potatoes get eaten? Darn right they did!

Thanks Scouts and Scouters for putting on a good spread for the Cub Scout Pack.

The crowd at Camporee

The turkeys who, I mean that, fed the crowd

Sorry about the lack of photos. The parking police kept the photographer's car and cameras too far from the camp site to retrieve.