May 28 - Troop Meeting - Tenderfoot 4b, 4c (EDGE), 10a & b (complete the Personal Fitness 30 day test), review Troop stove usage
June 4 - Troop Meeting - Annual Planning Meeting - part 1, Menu Planning for Fishing campout
June 7-9 - Fishing campout
June 11 - Troop Meeting - Annual Planning Meeting - part 2

June 29 - July 6 - Summer Camp at Cole Canoe Base in Alger, MI

Eleven Scouts and 3 leaders piled into 3 very full vehicles for a trek up north last weekend.  Four hours later, we arrived at Mackinac Mill Creek campgrounds and settled in for the night.

If Summer Camp doesn't give you enough opportunities to earn Merit Badges this Summer, this offering might be just right for you:  The Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after we return from Summer Camp, WCCC Downriver campus will be offering a select few Merit Badge classes to a limited number of Boy Scouts.

This past Saturday, several Scouts from the Troop attended an Aviation Merit Badge program put on by the Pontiac Miniature Aircraft Club (PMAC) on their field at the Pontiac Lake Recreation Area (just a stones throw from where we camped/hiked in March).

One of the boys filed this report with his thoughts on the day's events:

"I've got to say, I had a lot of fun at the Aviation Day! We learned about how an aeronautical chart works, we saw a flight simulator, we got to use a radio remote control to control a model airplane in the sky (with an adults help of course) we made fake airplanes out of styrofoam plates and had a contest to see who's could fly the farthest, and we also saw an air show of a bunch of the model airplanes and jets doing cool flips and tricks!
-Brian"

To top that off, one of our boys, Kevin, won a door prize, an RC Radio Controller!  Wow!

Some pictures of the day are here. 

As you progress through the Tenderfoot, 2nd Class and 1st Class ranks, there are requirements that YOU need to work on at home - stuff we can't do at Troop Meetings, Campouts and Service Projects:

We've added a few pictures of OUR focus for the day - blowing up balloons!  Take a look here!