Sunday, December 2, 2007

Desert Inn

Our stake had a campout at the church's Warm Springs Ranch for 11-year-old scouts.
Joshua and I went because the 11-year-old scouts are part of my responsibility and
Joshua is about three weeks shy of his 11th birthday. The Warm Springs Ranch is a
desert oasis in the Moapa area purchased in 1978 by the church from the estate of
Howard Hughes, the former owner of the ranch. The area called the pond is shown above.

The patrols lined up in the morning for assembly and announcements.

In the morning, the scouts were busy with classes on orienteering, starting fires
without matches or lighters, and safety handling pocketknives.

In the afternoon, the emphasis was a fitness course.
Joshua is in the blue hat doing pushups.

Pullups on the monkey bars followed.

The course culminated in a 40-yard dash. You can tell Joshua
means business as he is rolling up his sleeves.

1 comment:

Marleen said...

That looks so fun. I'm glad the weather turned out great for you.