San Joaquin River Gorge

I recently went to the San Joaquin River Gorge with my boyscout troop. It was fun to camp out there. It ended up being more of a drill though. We set up camp in the rain and the dark. We build a rain blocker to protect our food. This is a tarp with ropes thrown through trees. You have a tall stake at one end and a short stack at the other end, so that the rain would roll down and off of the short end of the set up. Unfortunately we learned all about scotch guarding our tents because even though we were under a tent with a rain cover on the CRAZY WILD RAIN seeped into our tent soaking us all. I was at the top of the hill, which meant the rain hit me first and then rolled down to the others. Eventually the Scout Masters called the whole thing off, because the rain got even heavier. I was bummed because my family has been trying to go here for a long time. My Mom said as I left to scope out some fun places for the family to explore while I was there. I also never got to see the gorge is the light. O well, I still get credit for a campout and drill to check of my list.
 DAVID

Hangin' with the fam

My cousin's came over and we had a blast! We played volleyball with a football, soccer ball and a basket ball. Because we couldn't find our volleyball. After that we went inside and played wii band hero. My cousin Bryanna has a good singing voice so she really likes to play that game.  Well we all like it really. After that we had pizza and then they went home.

RICKY

Saint Patricks Day

Well  it was last month and this month is almost over, but I'll write about it anyway. We were in the middle of our insanity issue so we couldn't really have a full on traditional Saint Patrick's Day feast. Especially if we wanted Ruben's the very next day, from the leftovers. So we decided to just make the corned beef and have Ruben's on Saint Patrick's Day. We ate our sandwiches and watched a new movie. We would have liked to go to our Aunt & Uncles party...sorry about that, maybe next year.

ERIC

Riverpark Jr High FUN Times!!!

First the Jr High guys had another night of Ultimate Frisbee, which is kinda like football but with frisbees. We had a good time. Then we closed the year at Laser Quest. This will be my last Jr. High Guys Night out ever! That's why it was such an awesome one. We had a good time here too. We do stuff with they girls too. It's just once a month we have a guys night out. With the whole Jr. High we went to Broomball. It was fun, to say the least!

Dave

Gleanings for the Hungry

  About a month ago we volunteered at Gleanings for the Hungry, which is an organization that in it's simplest definition hands out food to those who cannot buy enough food for their families. While we were there we cleaned and sanitized over two-hundred buckets!
  There were several stations of bucket washing. First they were hosed off. Then they were put in the awesome steam cleaner for a couple circuits. After that the buckets were scrubbed in soapy water. Next they were soaked in bleach water. After that they were dried up. Finally they were stacked in a pyramid.
   We all switched around on the jobs, but my favorite was the steam cleaner. It was a really cool machine!
Billy :D

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