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Troop 7-  NoBe Cabin Camping trip weekend of 

January 22nd  2010       

 

We have reserved 3 heated(!!) cabins at NoBeBoSco (Boy Scout camp where the Troop attends summer camp)

Weekend will include a mix of fun activities (like snowshoeing, sledding, wilderness survival – assuming the weather cooperates) and advancement activities (fire-building, cooking, knot tying and first aid)

There is no charge for this trip.

We will plan to return to Ridgewood Sunday morning or early afternoon.

Final RSVP for this trip is at next week’s Troop meeting 1/14/2010. (There is no Troop meeting this Thursday, 1/7/2010.)

Before we give exact departure date and time, we need to get an approximate idea of how many scouts are attending and, almost more importantly, how many adults will be able to come along.

If your son would like to attend, please send email ASAP to srace@optonline.net with the following info.

1.  Name of scout who wishes to attend.

2.  Name of adult who is willing to attend.  (As space in cabins is limited, we may not need all adults to actually go on the trip.)

3.  Are you available to drive up to camp on Friday night or only on Saturday morning?

4.  How many scouts with equipment, can you take in your car?

More info to follow.

Info about Camp NoBeBoSco can be found at http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=954

 

 

 

 

                

Troop 7 Ski Weekend at Belleayre Mountain !!

Who:  All Registered Troop 7 Boy Scouts & Dad’s

When:  Friday, February 5 – Sunday, February 7

Where:  Belleayre Mountain ,  Highmount , New York

Depart:  URCC Friday evening, February 5, at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                       (7:00 p.m. departure)  

RSVP is 1/21 (Thursday Troop meeting)

What to Bring:  Ski Clothing (Jacket, snow pants, hat, gloves, goggles & Helmet*), spending money and/or bag lunch for Saturday afternoon

Return:  Sunday, February 7, early afternoon

Troop will supply:  Saturday & Sunday morning breakfast and Saturday night dinner (Prepared by the Troop 7 Senior Patrol)

Cost:  $125 per person (includes 1 Day Lift Ticket, free lessons & 2 night House Rental) Ski & Snowboard Rentals are $25 Extra and NOT included in the $125 fee.  Payment due on January 22, 2009.  $125 without Rentals or $150 with Rentals.

Important Note:  This is a NON-REFUNDABLE payment, including anyone coming late or leaving Crystal Springs House early – No Exceptions.  Make checks payable to Troop 7.  Indicate on the bottom of the check: ski or snowboard rental and beginner, novice or intermediate if you would like to take a lesson.

*Helmets are required to be worn by all Scouts, no exceptions.  If a scout does not have a helmet, they can rent one at Bellayre for a nominal fee (NOT included in the cost of the trip).  Boys will NOT be let out on the slopes without a helmet.

http://www.belleayre.com/company/about.htm

 

    

 

 

Troop 7, Ridgewood , New Jersey

 

Battleship Massachusettes                                                   December 2009

Daniel Literati, Historian

 

 

Man your battle stations!!!  Look out for the invasion of Troop 7 Boy Scouts.  We had our biggest group ever of Troop 7 scouts for this year’s Battleship Massachusetts trip.

 

Right before dinner we watched a video about the history of the Battleship. Did you know?

·         The Massachusetts was known as “Big Mamie” by her crew because she was the heaviest ship ever launched in Quincy , MA .

·         The Massachusetts went into battle in 1942 as part of “Operation Torch”, the invasion of North Africa .

·         No one was ever killed in action on the Battleship when it was in service from it’s commissioning date until it was taken out of service – which was over 4 years.

 

As usual the Troop 7 scouts played a lot of games like sardines and manhunt.  These games are so much fun on the Battleship!  The ship is huge and there are so many hiding places on every deck – we get a chance to go all over the ship by ourselves and that is so great.

 

Later on it started to snow so we had snowball battles out on the deck.  Some scouts didn’t want to play because it was so cold. The rest of us had fun anyway.

 

 

Lights out time is 11 PM but , of course, no one goes to sleep right away (except maybe the dad’s) but we are supposed to be quite.  So after some running around and being told to get quite, everybody settles in to try to sleep.  But the cots are kind of cramped.  The top ones can be very cramped because there are vents and wires sticking out from the ceiling.

 

This is definitely the best trip of the year.  We should continue to go there and any scouts who haven’t visited the Battleship yet should try to come.

 

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 Scouts, if you are unsure about meeting times or events, you should call your patrol leader.

 

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