We had a fantastic time at San Isabel Summer camp this year. Along with the refreshing cool mountain air, there was a lot of fun, rank advancements and a good time had by all.

​Our October campout was at the Barker Ranch or the shotgun campout as we like to call it. There we were settled next to a lake where some cows were staring us down from the other side. We didn't have much wood, so Mr. Turret came by 4 times with a loaded, wood truck. The weather was a perfect 70s, the grass was so thick that it felt like a bed and it was so soft. After a little while some kids started a football game using bushes  touchdowns, it was really fun. Despite the lack of fire wood, the fires were huge and the cooking couldn't get any better. One patrol's cornbread was so good that adults came by for 3ds. Most patrol leaders are doing cooking merit badge. This was the closest campout to the scout house. That meant no stop at the big Buc'ees. Every hour you could hear more and more booms from the shotguns firing. Scouts, scoutmasters and parents fired shotguns and some scouts even earned shotgun merit badge. This was also the new Ranger patrol's, also known as leadership patrol's, first campout. They're meant to be a junior staff patrol.
J. Duggan

​There are a lot of good campouts but this year at Bovay was one of the best with many activities such as rock climbing and orienteering hunts. This campout has all you can want. At this campout there was rock climbing, knot relays, cooking competitions, and more! Some of the big highlights is when the awards ceremony. 

Bouvay certainly had many things to do that were very enjoyable! - such as rock climbing, rappelling, shotgun shooting, and more. It was a good place to learn a lot of skills like knot tying and using a map and compass.

You would get there at around 5:00 on Friday evening and set up camp and go to bed. When you woke up on Saturday you got dressed for the morning ceremony at 7:00. After that you got back to your troops camp and set up dining flys. At 9:00 the activities started and almost everyone went straight to rock climbing (except for the patrol I’m in we were stuck cleaning the bathrooms.) For the first half of the activities most people completed the knot tying relay, rock climbing, and rappelling. At around noon everyone came back to our campsite to have a lunch of tacos. Soon after everyone went back to the activities but this time doing the orienteering course, stretcher relay, and tug of war. Soon after this all finished most kids hung out at their flys. At around 4:00 people started cooking dessert for the dessert competition.

People also cooked chili for the best chili competition. At 6:30 was the time for judging, many people didn't finish in time so they didn't get judged. At around 8:00 the bugle call played and another ceremony commenced. Most kids stayed awake till 10:00 but then everyone went to bed. Waking up to an extremely cold morning many kids were huddled around the campfire and were reluctant to leave the warmth to go to get a delicious breakfast of tacos. Soon after the bugle call was played and everyone headed to the awards ceremony which awards were handed out from stretcher relay to the knot tying relay. Soon after it was time to pack up and we got jamboree patches and zoomed home in our cars!
In the campout you would get there on Friday and set up tents and go to bed but on Saturday you would wake up early, get ready for the morning ceremony then start your activities after the ceremony. Most of the activities were friendly competitions. At around noon you would eat lunch then back to activities. In the evening you cooked dessert for a competition then you would eat dinner and talk with your friends till going to bed. Then you would wake up early, eat breakfast, go to the awards ceremony then pack up and go home. It was a very enjoyable camp. I would go far enough to call it my favorite!
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This is one campout you would not want to miss!

​Rohan N.