Camp Sikorsky 9/28-30/07

 

 Friday, 9/28: The interesting fact about this camp is that many different types of scouts (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc…) from all over the state attend it. Anyway, most of the scouts arrived on this day. They pitched camp, ate supper, relaxed, and talked well into the night.

 Saturday, 9/29: Troop 474's scouts numbered five, as the rest came.  After breakfast, all the scouts attending the camp were led on a factory tour of Sikorsky and saw a variety of planes, helicopters, and the computers used designed them. When this was completed, they attended two merit badge classes of their choice, lunch, and then one additional merit badge class. In the evening, a helicopter flew circles around the campsite, bringing an exciting conclusion to the day.   

Sunday, 9/30: As always, before the scouts went back home, Sikorsky led them on one additional factory tour that gave them a more detailed perspective of Sikorsky.
Domenic Casinelli

Troop Scribe
Domenic Casinelli

Guilford Food Bank 10/27/07

On the twenty-seventh of October, the town of Guilford held its annual
"Make a Difference Day" food drive. Answering the request for
volunteers, Boy Scout troop 474 organized some of its members to aid
in the effort. Thanks to the generous Guilford citizens, there were
multiple boxes of food. Both citizen and volunteer carried out their
 role, the citizens donating the food, and the Boy Scouts sorting and
 redistributing it. All of the food was placed in an organized fashion
 in a temporary storage house. Providentially, the weather held and a
 good time was had by all.

YIS,
Domenic.

Mt. Marcy

 

1/12/07: A group of five scouts and five adults drove up from Lake Quonnipaug at 4:00 P.M. to Lake Placid, N.Y. They arrived at the hostel late at night. The only interesting scene occurred when General Casinelli's truck almost hit a young moose. When they arrived at the hostel, the scouts watched a movie or played on a game-cube. Two adults went out for pizza.

 

1/13/07: At approximately 7:00 A.M. breakfast began. It consisted of homemade corn bread and steal cut oats. It doesn't sound like much, but it was filling and excellent. The temperature started at about forty degrees, much to Mrs. Jagielski's disappointment. But it soon dropped to the twenties. The party parked in front of the ADK Loj and hiked with full gear 2.1 miles to Marcy Dam. Here they set camp and hiked a five miles roundtrip to Avalanche Valley. By the end of the hike, most of us were tired. We cooked a dinner of rice and kielbasa while drinking hot cocoa.

 

1/14/07: This day we decided not to ascend Mt. Marcy because it was cloudy. So we decided to attempt a hike that passed over Whale's Tail and Wright Peak. We could not hike the next mountain because of the iciness. At one point we opted to use Sean's ropes to climb a particularly icy spot.  When we turned around in front of the mountain which we could not ascend, we took a vote. The question was whether we should go home that night or stay another night and then go home. Seeing that all we had to do was break camp and hike another 2.1 miles on top of our seven miles that day, we decided to go home that day. On our way home, we stopped at the Noon Mark Diner. It was the best food we ate that weekend. That night we arrived home at about 12:00 P.M.

Recorded

Domenic Casinelli

Troop Scribe

Mt. Greylock Hike, September 22-24.

 

 22, Friday: 25 scouts, including adults, rode to Massachusetts. It was about a three hour drive.  We set up camp after dark.  Patrick Conrad saw a raccoon around 3:00 a.m.  So we concluded that we were in the middle of a raccoon path, later to be proven.

23, Saturday: Breakfast was quick and easy.  It was raining lightly and foggy.  We hiked for about six miles to the summit where there was a war memorial.  We visited that, but it was too foggy to see anything from the top.  Then we rested at the lodge that was there before resuming our journey.  They had the best hot cocoa.  We only had to hike about a mile back to the campsite.  This was quickly finished and the preparations for dinner began.  After dinner, cards were played or people sat around the campfire.  In the campsite was a lean-to where the senior patrol slept Friday night.  But they wouldn't tonight because too much food was spilled there. Two of the senior patrol made "weapons" to go raccoon hunting.  The other two joined in.  They stayed in the lean-to after all had gone to their tents.  We talked until we heard sounds and grabbed our weapons.  We couldn't see the raccoons very well but we guessed that there were three.  When we saw a mouse scrambling around in the lean-to we knew the raccoons were close.  Then one of us saw a pair of eyes bigger than raccoons.  So we all retreated to our tent, where an unidentifiable creature paced around it constantly.  Later the hunter said that he believed that it was a puma. 

 24, Sunday: We broke camp and washed any dishes left.  Then we made a final sweep of the campsite, and traveled back to good old CT.   

D. Casinelli
Troop Scribe

Sikorsky                                      9/28-30/06

 Once our Scouts arrived, they registered at the table, pitched camp, and enjoyed meatball subs.  After that, they hung out, played cards, and talked.

 After breakfast the next morning, the Scouts attended an emergency preparedness class, as well as a character building session.  Before lunch, they went on a tour of Sikorsky's offices.  Later they enjoyed tossing a Frisbee around.  Following that, they went to their different merit badge classes.

 On Sunday, two National Guardsmen presented a slideshow of how they assisted in the cleanup of Katrina.  The last thing they did before they left was go on a factory tour.

D. Casinelli
Troop Scribe

Health and Safety Kids Day (9/30/06)

 

Here we accomplished some community service.  The whole day lasted from 9:00am to 4:00pm. But the activities were opened at 11:00am.  It was a perfect day for this sort of activity.  At 9:30am was an orientation of what was going on. Then some scouts were selected to be parking controllers.  Basically, they told the officer in the driveway when there were only a few parking spaces left.  The others strolled around the grounds and did odd jobs whenever they were asked.

D. Casinelli
Troop Scribe

    Turkey Roast 11/11-11/12

 

11/11: At 8:30 a.m. fire building was taught to those who attended. Six turkeys were placed on the spits around 10:00 a.m. The scouts had activities such as football, kill the carrier, and capture the flag. Then, when it was dark, they played manhunt and capture the flag. The dinner and turkeys were excellent, a credit to Mr. Hickey. There was stuffing, gravy, string beans, (turkey), biscuits, and potatoes. The dessert followed with pies, cheesecakes, cookies, and brownies. Intermixed with the desserts were pies that were baked in a Dutch oven. 

 

11/12: The scouts broke camp and headed home.

Reporting,
Domenic Casinelli
Troop Scribe