Troop 514, Klondike Derby, Andies Praise OR

Six Scouts from Troop 514 La Grande OR participated at the annual Klondike Derby near Tollgate OR. Six adults accompanied them. I brought up a birthday cake and celebrated my 80th birthday with the Scouts and then sleeping in my tent overnight.

The next morning, the boys competed at ten stations on the “Klondike Trail.” Two older scouts led four first year scouts to a third place finish.

Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Enjoying the breakfast burritos the scouts prepared earlier and then heated up in the morning
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
For this competition, the scouts had to built and fire, mix pancake batter, and then cook a pancake.

Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
The scouts had to get their sled and two boys across an imaginary creek.

Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR
Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR

This was a compass course where all the scouts except the leader were blindfolded. The leader had to properly follow the bearings he was given.

Troop 514 La Grande, Andies Prairie Tollgate OR