BSA Troop 451, Lewisville, TX

Saturday, July 4 th , 2015 Happy Birthday to the United States of America! Our week at Camp Geiger has come to an end. It was a fun, exciting week filled with vigorous activity, learning, and inspiring ceremonies. It went by far faster than we wish it would but we are eager to return home and be reunited with family and friends. In recognition of our intense week of Scouting, by the way, there will be no Troop Meeting this coming Monday, July 6 th . Saturday began even earlier than usual, just as the sun was rising, owing to the need to strike camp and load our gear onto the truck. Some of our Scouts, especially this year’s new Braves, were moving rather slowly in consequence of the late night of ceremonies that followed their 24-hour ordeal. Others were up and at ‘em right away. The striking of camp began last night, after the final campfire, with disassembly of our campsite gateway and the temporary flagpole we erected to permit us to perform our daily flag ce

Friday, July 3 rd , 2015 Friday night was a great night for Troop 451 and the Tribe of Mic-O-Say! We gathered on   a pleasantly cool July evening to celebrate the accomplishments of our Troop members. Our Scouts and Scouters who are actively involved in our Troop and the Tribe of Mic-O-Say earned many important advancements. Briefly, advancements include (listed by rank acheived: name - Tribal name: New Braves: Brandt Goodrich – Stands for Man Ryan Gunning – Open Prairie Ayrton Harried – Spirit Bow Nick Harris – Crazy Talk Samir Rahman – Little Man Called Wolf Jacob Samson – Little Borrowed Image Thomas Sorensen – Little Red Coyote Alex Tyson – Stands by Fire New Honorary Warriors: Kevin Bryant – Big Coyote Mandan Dennis Goodrich – Big Stands for Man Jessica Harris – Ina Crazy Talk Jay Turner – Big Swift Turn Hitesh Dave - Big Iron Fights Braves to Warriors: Alex Brock – Trade Soldier Austin Curtis – Heart of Honor Ian Hollen

Thursday, July 2 nd , 2015 Without a doubt, the high point of a week at Camp Geiger comes on Thursday night. This is the night of the “Tapping Fire”, when new candidates for admission to the tribe of Mic-O-Say are publicly selected. As we went into in greater detail in yesterday’s post, the Tribe is the honor camping society of the Pony Express Council, the Heart of America Council, and Camp Geiger. Again, it is similar to the national scout camping honor society, Order of the Arrow, but Mic-O-Say is unique. For example, the Tribe of Mic-O-Say has greater adult involvement in its leadership. Thursday can seem to drag by as everyone waits for the Tapping Ceremony to begin. Our day started with a breakfast of scrambled eggs and apple juice, after which all of our boys headed to their specified locations. We regathered together at lunchtime for a meal of sliced turkey breast and cheese sandwiches with potato chips and deeply-colored bug juice of indeterminate flavor. Camp food h