NEMO Area Camporee

On the weekend of September 14-16, the Aviators went to the North-Eastern Missouri Fall Camporee. This was a time for us to camp out, meet and re-meet friends, listen to an inspirational speaker, and burn cinnamon rolls over a smoking fire.

First things first: setting up Camp 

Our awesome camp set up

Setting up our kitchen tent

Our awesome camp set up

One of the best parts of camp outs: FIRE!
Collecting Firewood

Invasion of the Pathfinder Area Coordinators

Preparing for Sabbath School Skits

 The Friends class preparing for their skit

The Companions Skit preparations

Spiders, made for the Spiders honor

On Sabbath afternoon, the Pathfinders participated in a Health Walk. They would visit a station for 5-10 minutes. Each station would present for the Pathfinders' experience some part of health, like exercise or healthy eating habits.

Part of the Sabbath Afternoon Health Walk

Brandon and Ian demonstrating "Rest"

Exercise on the Health Walk

Station about healthy foods

Another station on the Health Walk

Station about smoking

A model of a cigarette, showing how harmful it is.

Aviators at a station where they did 10 push-ups to earn 1 grape

Station about the quantities of sugar in different products

Saturday night, the Pathfinders had an investiture service. This included an overview of the Pathfinder Pledge and Law. For our TLTs, this was the third investiture in two weeks.

By the grace of God, I will be pure, kind, and true. I will keep the Pathfinder Law. I will be a servant of God and a friend to man.

The Pathfinder Law is for me to:

Keep the morning watch

Do my honest part

Care for my Body

Keep a level eye

Be courteous and obedient 

Walk softly in the sanctuary 

Keep a song in my heart

Go on God's errands

All the invested Pathfinders

Mike Needles, our speaker for the weekend

Camp Life

Burning Cinnamon rolls

The finished product

Fosmores' Tent

Cleaning out Tents

We all had a good time on the Campout and we're looking forward to Spring Camporee!

Mid-America Union Camporee

And we're off!

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota

We stopped for awhile in the Bad Lands os South Dakota

Reaching for new heights

Camp at the Custer High School football field

On Thursday afternoon, our club hiked to Harney Peak, the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains.

We made it!

We rode the Presidential Slide in Keystone, SD

Friday afternoon, we visited the Crazy Horse monument

 These pictures are from the Nature Loop in Custer State Park

Finishing up the paperwork for the National Forestry Wilderness Explorer Honor

Sabbath Afternoon all the Pathfinders went to Mount Rushmore for the closing ceremonies

Two of our guys, Beto and Andrew, were in the color guard. Missouri and Iowa flags, respectively.

Iowa-Missouri Pathfinders

Saturday night treat!

On the way home, we stopped to see Car Henge. No explanation needed.

While swimming at Camp Arrowhead, somebody found a frog.