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  • Horseback Riding

    Sunday Mar 10, 2013 –  Three scouts and two adults learned about horsemanship, including how to lead, groom, harness/saddle a horse, then took a short lesson and enjoyed a forested trail ride. The weather, and the staff at Moss Beach Ranch, couldn’t have been kinder to our group. [slickr-flickr search=”sets” set=”72157633038185946″ type=”slideshow” items=”5″ sort=”date” direction=”ascending”…

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  • Rockin’ Jump – offsite troop meeting

    Wednesday Mar 6, 2013 7:00 – 9:00 pm Rockin’ Jump rocked. Attendance was high at our first annual visit to this indoor trampoline park. Rockin’ Jump puts a new twist on basketball when you get to spring off a rubber floor! The gym has 4 separate stations, the most popular of which seemed to be…

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  • Rim of the Bay Hike – Mt. Diablo

    Sunday Feb 24, 2013 Three scouts and two adults braved the chilly weather to climb one of the ecological treasures of the San Francisco Bay Area. Although skies were clear, the wind got stronger as we scaled the summit and after two hours of steady hiking we made it to the top and had our…

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  • Coastal Camping at Sweetwood HMB

    Saturday – Sunday, Feb 16 – 18, 2013 This turned out to be a fun trip, leaving around 2:00p on Saturday, returning 1:00p Monday (President’s Day) and with surprisingly nice weather for February, though the fire pit was a popular spot in the evening when the sea breeze kicked in. Sweetwood has a large grassy…

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  • Troop Family Ski Trip

    Friday – Sunday Feb 1 – 3, 2013 Our destination for our winter adventure was Pinecrest California with Ski and Snowboarding at Dodge Ridge Ski Area. This was a family event with eighteen scouts and adults in attendance. We lodged at Camp Sylvester, which is a 4H camp that can accommodate groups from 20 to…

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  • Merit Badge Midway

    Saturday Feb 2, 2013 Another successful midway has come and gone. Five of our scouts joined hundreds of others from all over the peninsula for this one-day Pacific Skyline Council event. This year, Ralston Middle School was under construction, so the event was spread over multiple locations, posing a few extra challenges for the coordinators but…

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  • Troop & Parent Meeting

    Wednesday Jan 23, 2013 Audubon LGI Room  This meeting marked the successful launch of our new website, a well-attended Webelos parent meeting and the completion of the nutrition portion of the cooking merit badge for the scouts.

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  • Climbing @ Planet Granite

    Wednesday Jan 16, 2013 Our troop is so crazy, it drives some guys to climb the walls! At Planet Granite in Belmont, that is. This time we had a baker’s dozen Scouts, plus a half-dozen parents to help as belayers climbing all over the place for more than two hours. Thanks to the efforts of…

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  • Troop Meetings at Audubon

    Wednesday Jan 9, 2013 1st Meeting of the New Year. Welcome Back! We began working on the Cooking merit badge, which at the start of 2014 will be an Eagle required MB. A big thank you to Mr. Ernest for his presentation on food and cooking safety.

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  • Military Vehicle Technology Foundation

    Saturday Dec 8, 2012  Our trips to the “Tank Museum” are always among the most popular events. This is the largest privately-owned collection of military vehicles—tanks, armored troop carriers, mobile artillery, etc.—in the world. Some articles date back as far as World War I. The Scouts (and parents) love this trip because not only do…

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