yesterday (Saturday) i got home from scout camp. we left on Wednesday, at 4:30 in the morning. i was very tired. Tue. night we had a pack check at our house and we loaded everything on to my dads trailer. Wednesday when we got there we arrived at the tagerts ranch. the tagerts are some people in our ward, it is also where we camped. the tagerts ranch is up past Alamo, by lund. we didn't exactly camp at the tagerts ranch we camped in a little place by the tagerts ranch. the first day we set up camp and had a flog ceremony. we also went over wood cutting and how sharpen axes, which we all already knew cause we all had our tote'n chips. we also reviewed first aid, already did that too. and reviewed how to fold the flag and proper respects of the flag. the tagerts also had a little fishing pond at the ranch so we could go fishing too. so that day we went fishing also. everyone but me and a few other kids didn't have fishing poles. unfortunately my dad was in charge of the whole thing and did not have time to get our fishing poles, and we went fishing everyday, i not mad though i understand that he had a lot to do. that first day we were also split into patrols. (the picture of the four kids is my patrol + me) we did some competitions with the patrols and the meals were split with the patrols. finally that night we made a camp fire and talked tell about 10:00 p.m. the next day we woke up- i had slept really bad the first night cause i was cold- and one of the patrols made breakfast not sure which one. oh, and each patrol had a name and yell, our name was the wood chucks and our yell was how much wood would a wood Chuck Chuck if a wood Chuck could Chuck wood. but that day we kinda just hung out. i think we fished alot that day. then later in the day we went to a warm spring. it was so much fun! even though we could not sub merge our Head under water because of amoeba. but it was still fun. there was little fish and there was also craw fish in the warm spring. after that i think we went home hung out had dinner- of course - and went to bed around 9:30pm. this night i slept really good because my dad brought an extra sleeping bag and gave it to me. this second night i slept really good. in the morning we had breakfast and then we went down to the tagerts ranch and did our horsemanship merit badge and my rifle merit badge. oh, and all these times we've gone fishing we've been working on our fishing merit badge. for the fishing i learned how to put hooks and lures and all kinds of stuff on fishing rods. very use full for all the times we went fishing. for the horsemanship badge we had to sattle a horse and ride it, we also had to bridle it and lead it. for the rifle we had to get three shots really close together. it took me two sets of five shots to pass. it was fun. then we had lunch and hung out and fished. then we had dinner and sat around the camp fire and told scary stories. our scout leaders told us they heard something in the Forrest. i automatically knew they were kidding and went along with it. but there was this youth leader there named Chet prince, he is Danny princes sun, not sure if you know him grandpa Stewart knew him so.. but my dad said " someone go turn that lamp off over there" and I'm like okay, so i start walking up to the lamp and Zach stare and Chet prince start walking up behind me and i get a little bit there and then look really scared and say holy crap and i run back, Chet prince screams like a little girl. he's the last person you'd think to get scared, it was awesome! there was this kid Caleb Aldrich. he was such a baby. he cried about everything literally cried. and that night we were telling scary stories her was shaking so bad and chewing on a bowl. we were just like omg.. and on clean up day i had to put his tent down for him and fit his air mattress into his box. and we were wiping tables down and stuff and on of the kids asks him to help and just looks at us weird and says no, and walks away. me and one of my friends had to load his stuff onto the trailer when we left. he was just lazy that's all.. but i had a really fun time and i can't wait for the haveasupie scout camp in august.
p.s. the third day i finally go tot use a fishing rod and my dad rigged it up for me. i caught a fish and had to gut it my self. i thought i was going to throw up! what i had to do was take my knife and cut into the poop hole and up to the mouth. then i had to cut the gills and then, here's the gross part i had to stick my finger in its neck and tear it down through the body which tore out the organs......really gross!
