Scout O Rama 2013

Scout O Rama 2013

By Jordan F

When we first arrived at the Scout O Rama we had to get everything set up and picked our tents and tent buddies. To set the tents everyone did an amazing job at showing teamwork and was very useful. Later that night we had a ceremony of the Order of the Arrow and a few people, some even in our troop got tapped out and joined Order of the Arrow. The order of the arrow is a group of scouts that have been selected by other scouts in their troop to join the honor society of boy scouts. They have been selected for living their lives to the scout oath, law, and promise. After we got back from that amazing ceremony we had a big fire started and at that time we sat around the fire and had a good time with our friends. We woke up early the next morning (around 6:30) and went to the dining hall to eat a free pancake breakfast that was topped off with egg, sausage, and milk or orange juice to drink. The rest of that Saturday was great and the Scout O Rama was a complete success. We had a huge banner set up in front of camp that read “are you tougher than a boy scout?” and people could try to challenge the boys of the troop to games and see if they were tougher than a boy scout. The troop even got five ribbons. For our first place ribbons we got best overall and best campsite. For second place we got best gateway and the S.T.E.M. award. The most impressive ribbon was best overall score ever in the history of Scout O Rama. Our gateway was lashed a-frames and you could ride on them from inside the camp to outside the camp or from outside the camp to inside of the camp. A game we set up also has to do with lashing. We made a game where one person stands in the center of an a-frame and four people with ropes tied to the a-frame have to help balance and get the other person to the other side. We also had an incredible rocket launch put on by Mr. Broder.

“[I liked] all of the games and sitting around the fire.”       

-Bryan-

“I liked launching the rockets, that was fun.” 

-Seth-