Whitewater trip

We had a well attended meeting tonight, with less than a few exceptions, all going on the trip were present.

There will be about 60 Scouts and leaders on the trip....

Patrol leaders, Ast patrol leaders, patrol quartermasters, and Troop quartermasters will meet at the Hut on Thursday (August 18) at 6:30 PM to prepare and load our gear on the Frank Tank and the large trailer.

.The early party will leave with Mr. Branin (Mr. Horn, Mr. Schock, Mr. Horn, and Mr. and Mrs Paul Young ) in the AM on Friday (August 19)....The main body of the Troop will meet at the Hut at 5:00PM Friday for a departure as soon as we can..Quartermasters parents purchasing meals can pick up a Troop ice chest in the back of the Hut to ice down meals for the Friday departure..include the ice on your receipt for reimbursement. Remember...aim for $3.00 per person per meal, no soft drinks or ice tea except as provided by the Troop, and no desert for the Saturday meal as we will have Troop ice cream.

We will get most of the 39 Scouts on the bus (36) with the remainder riding up with Mr. Gunn on Saturday (August 20) morning, and in Mr. Simon's, Mr. Horne's, and Dr. Brantley's vehicles on Friday following with the bus.

The Troop will eat a fast breakfast on Saturday, departing for rafting NLT 8:30 AM.

He will need lunch money for a stop for lunch at McDonalds, before we get to he Nantahalla Center/ put-in.

We will return back to Camp at about 6:00 PM, have dinner, ice cream, and a camp fire.

What he needs to have on the trip:

Red Troop T shirt w/scout shorts/scout socks, and Scout belt for trip to the camp site from Bham and return.

Shorts/bathing suit/T shirt /sneakers or boat shoes (Crocs not permitted) for the river..if cold natured, he may want to bring a nylon jacket over the t shirt under the required personal flotation device. Hats are optional.

Quart drinking water Water bottle and water bailer with rope for tying on the raft (gallon milk jug or orange juice jug used as a bailer and water sports on the river)

If he wears glasses, he should wear glasses restraints while on the river (will make him tie on with string otherwise)..

Towel, dry shorts/t-shirt socks and shoes for the 2 1/2 - three hour trip back to camp after rafting unless he wants to sit with wet clothes on the bus on the way back to camp. Showers for a dollar or so will be available at the Nantahalla, so he needs to have some body soap if he wants it once off the river.

We will depart Gee State Park, after a Sunday ( August 21) service, as soon as possible for a return before 2:00 PM to the Hut (he should have breakfast/lunch money for a stop at McDonalds).

IMPORTANT: When you drop him off Friday afternoon, please make sure you come in and sign the Ocoee or Nantahalla River Consent form inside the Hut and bring the regular BSA consent for from the Troop web site with him. He won't be able to leave without both being signed...the fee for the trip for Nantahalla remains at $60.00; the fee for the Ocoee remains at $112.00

Thanks for all you support and for encouraging attendance..

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"