2015 August

27th Annual Lake Outing ­

First on Fort Loudon Lake

'August 2015' Troop 30’s faithful arrived from all points to a new lake outing venue on the southern shores of Fort Loudon Lake.

Friday night we setup camp, played cards and settled in for the night. Flat spots were at a premium so hammocks were in abundance.

Morning had boys preparing breakfast while a couple of geezers shuttled boats into place.

The morning was spent tubing, tubing and tubing!!! After a quick lunch of sandwiches we hit the lake and. . . tubed some more while heading to the Fort Loudon Dam to take a turn on “riding” down and back up in the dam’s locks.

Dutch ovens were a popular method for dinner prep. The geezers hit a dinner home run with chicken and dumplings, while a Scout patrol had an awesome meatloaf meal. We won’t comment on the hot dog meal. ..

The threat of rain forced the evening cinematic presentation of Follow Me Boys into the host’s lodge. Some boys exercised the option to play cards or to turn in early instead of watching this classic movie.

The second morning was a slow process of breakfast prep and clean up before we finally got out on the lake. Once on the lake we showed we are the Rainmakers, once again, by tubing in the rain. . . on the way to a place to jump off tiny little low-lying rocks with railings, foam padded sides and a sonar scanned bottom. . . NOT. . . exactly!!

More tubing ensued and a final late lunch called the crews back to shore.

While camp was broken down the boats were shuttled back to the take-out point, but not without some embarrassment to the Scoutmaster due to a miscalculation of fuel and navigational barring resulting in a lake tow and later than planned finish to the outing.

All-in-all this was another great T30 outing!