Outings

Meet at 6:45 am at the Ralphs parking lot. Wear your troop t-shirt and bring water and a signed activity consent form. We will carpool to the San Gabriel Canyon Environmental Education Center 11 miles north of Azuza on Hwy 39, where we will work until noon repotting seedlings at the U.S. Forest Service's tree nursery. (Or you can drive there yourself and meet us there.) We will return to the Ralphs parking lot by 1 pm. This is the first of three parts of Joshua Perkins' Community Impact Project for Flintridge Prep. RSVP to Joshua.

Hahamongna Park at 2 pm, in the upper parking area near the restrooms (don't go down the hill). Wear troop t-shirt and bring signed activity consent form. Also bring a compass, pen or pencil, scout handbook, GPS if you have one, filled water bottle, and the rest of the 10 essentials. Will satisfy the orienteering requirement for First Class rank. RSVP to Mr. Walton.

Meet Sun. morning at 7 am at Hahamongna Park down below by the baseball field. Wear your troop t-shirt and bring a daypack with the 10 essentials and a sack lunch (have plenty of water). Also bring a signed activity consent form. We will hike 4 miles on the Gabrielino Trail that goes behind JPL, to Gould Mesa campground where we will meet up with the troop members who stayed the night there. We will spend the morning finding two geocaches and plant one of our own. After eating lunch, we will hike back to Hahamongna, arriving by 3 pm. On this hike you will satisfy many, but not all, of the requirements for the Geocaching merit badge. The remaining requirements will be covered at a future meeting. RSVP to Mr. Serricchio.

Meet Sat. morning at 9 am at Hahamongna Park down below by the baseball field. Wear your troop t-shirt and bring your backpack with sleeping bag and 10 essentials. Also bring your signed activity consent form. At Hahamongna we will work on rank advancement and chits (wear long pants for chopping wood) until noon, when we'll eat lunch and then hit the trail, passing by JPL on the Gabrielino Trail to the Gould Mesa campground 4 miles away. The next morning we will do some geocaching, finding two and hiding one, then after lunch hike back to Hahamongna, arriving by 3 pm. Patrol leaders will be selected ahead of time, and they will arrange food and tents for their patrol. Families are welcome. The only cost is your food. You will satisfy many, but not all, of the requirements for the Geocaching merit badge. The remaining requirements will be covered at a future meeting. RSVP to Sean de Moura.

Meet Fri. at 3:30 at the Ralphs parking lot. Wear troop t-shirt and bring camping equipment for car camping, and, if you have them, binoculars and telescope. Drive 3 hours to Palomar Mountain State Park in the Cleveland National Forest in Northern San Diego County. Set up camp, cook dinner and sleep under the stars. Conditions will likely allow us to not use our rainflies, or to sleep outside the tents, all the better to view the sky. The next morning we have a tour scheduled for 10 am at Caltech's Palomar Observatory, which is home to the famous 200-inch-diameter Hale Telescope. The observatory is 2 miles from our campsite. Spend the rest of the day in camp or on the trails. That evening after dinner we will have a Star Party and use our newly acquired knowledge while observing the sky. Sunday we return to La Canada, arriving around 1 pm. Scouts can earn the Astronomy merit badge if they prepare by reading the merit badge pampthlet and completing the workbook. For everyone, good preparation for this outing is to read "This Week's Sky at a Glance" at www.skyandtelescope.com. Cooking is by patrols. Families welcome, but this outing is not suitable for children under 7. Limited to 40 participants. Cost is $35 per person, plus $10 per person gas money for those whose families are not driving. RSVP to Mr. or Mrs. Pettis.

We meet Fri. at 5 pm at the Ralphs parking lot. Wear your troop t-shirt and bring your camping gear. We drive 80 miles to the beach campgrounds just north of Santa Barbara and make camp. Body surf, explore tide pools, go hiking. Camping and cooking by patrol. Return to La Canada around 12:30 on Sun. Families welcome. No pets. Limited to 50 participants. Cost is $35 per person, plus your food costs and gas money for those not driving. RSVP to Mr. Walton.

Meet at Ralphs parking lot at 8:30 am. Wear troop t-shirt and bring camping equipment, lots of water, daypack, helmet, sturdy bicycle with gear shift, and spare tube. No skinny tires. Gloves, pump, tools and sunglasses are optional. We drive to McGill Campground near Frazier Park, a little over an hour away. The bikes will be transported in a trailer or truck. Once there we pitch our tents, then drive to the top of Mt. Pinos with the bikes. We ride down, then put the bikes back in the trailer/truck, drive back to the top and repeat, over and over again. Hiking trails are available for those who prefer hiking. Families are welcome. Cost is $30 per person, or if your family is driving, $20 per person. Those going will have a meeting after the Mon. Jul. 7 troop meeting. RSVP to Mr. Goldstein.

Leave Fri. at 9 am and drive to Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort (has a pool and zip-line) where we will camp for three nights. On the way we'll stop to pick up rental boots and poles. We visit Zion National Park on Sat. and Bryce Canyon National Park on Sun., with hikes both days (you will get wet on the Zion hike, so have plastic bags to protect anything that can't get wet). On Mon. we drive back home, arriving around 4 pm. Families are welcome. Cost is $135 per person, which includes gas, camping fees, park entrance fees, rental equipment and one meal. Other meals will be planned, purchased and prepared by patrols. For questions contact Mr. Swain or Mr. Cline.

Meet at the Ralphs parking lot at 7 am. Bring water, towel, hat, swim shorts, beach chair, sunscreen, warm clothes and flashlight. We drive to Cabrillo Beach eat breakfast, visit the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, eat lunch, explore the tide pools, play a group game, eat dinner, have hot chocolate and cookies, and at 9 pm attend the Grunion Program at the aquarium, including movie, lecture, demonstration and going on the beach near midnight to see the grunion lay their eggs on the beach. The grunion can be touched and picked up with your bare hands (no nets or buckets, etc.), but you need a California fishing license to do this if you are older than 16 (one-day pass for $15 at Sport Chalet). Grunion are too small to bother taking home to eat. Participants earn a High Adventure Team (HAT) award that you'll get at the next court of honor (wlacchat.org/grunionrunaward.htm). Cost is $10 per person, which includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks and museum admission, but not parking, which is $9 for all day. Families welcome. Let the Kunkles know of any dietary restrictions. We return to the Ralphs parking lot around 1:30 am. RSVP to the Kunkles.

Leave early Sat. morning and drive to the Palm Springs tram. Take the tram up Mt. San Jacinto, snowshoe two miles to Round Valley Campground and camp overnight. On Sun. break camp, snowshoe to the tram, and arrive back to La Canada in late afternoon. For questions contact Mr. Angold.