Rappelling Trip this weekend

According to a show of hands on Monday, we will have about forty Scouts and leaders the trip this weekend. The weather is forecast as a good weekend..but he should dress for cool weather and sleeping gear for North Alabama.

If he is a quartermaster, he needs to be at the Hut at 6:30 PM Thursday, May 13, for about an hour to prepare our gear and load the Frank Tank. Uniform is not required.

He needs to be at the Hut at 5:00 PM Friday on May 14 with $30.00 (checks preferred) for the Trip fee, all his gear, and the completed BSA Consent Form found on our Troop Web site, made out with Bucks Pocket AL as the destination. Uniform is the Red Troop T shirt, Scout trousers/shorts, Scout belt, and scout socks. Except for the Phoenix Patrol still working on their uniforms, he needs to be in uniform on the bus.

He will need long pants or genes when he is rappelling. A short sleeve shirt is fine..The Troop will provide all rappelling equipment including gloves and helmets. He may want to bring his own leather work gloves if he wants to.

Medical forms: All Scouts have to have the new BSA medical form found on our Web Site for Summer camp this year..complete with a copy of the insurance cards attached. For this trip....for older scouts from the Sharks on up...all need the medical form as required.

Phoenix Patrol Scouts and parents who have not had the time to complete the medical form, through a physician, but will need it for summer camp, should fill the form out as much as possible for this trip to include the copies of the insurance card in case there is an emergency or required consent as indicated on the form. This is especially true if you are not going to be accompanying the Scout this time.

B Preston was in a pretty bad dirt bike accident the other day..he was hurt, but is doing ok and is progressing on track with his Eagle.

We plan on returning to Birmingham between 1:00 and 2:00 PM on Sunday.

Thanks for all your support and for encouraging attendance.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"