Over the river and through the woods to.....

...Maple Valley and Derek's house we went.... for Thanksgiving and a couple fun single track rides on my new Gary Fisher.

Christmas Tree Cutting in the Couer d Alenes.

Last Wednesday, James Clark and I went up Hayden Creek to cut Christmas Trees. James is convinced now that artificial is the way to go; too far, too cold, too much work otherwise.

Palouse Falls Campout 11/20-21/2009

Friday the forecast was rain snow mix. We did see some rain going, but none while we were there. It DID blow like crazy. Our carefully staked tents stood through the night. We had a great time. We raked the leavcs off the park for Ranger Melinda and then went exploring the canyon and falls, from the top to the bottom and back. This is one trip we will never forget. Thanks to James Clark and Michael Whiting for their assistance.

First Snow of the Winter of 09-10

Howard Ashby and I took an early morning hike to Rocks of Sharon, just south of Spokane from the Dishman Hills area. We left about 7:30 and returned home about 12:30 happy and excited from the time in the woods and together. I took what it would take to heat some hot chocolate along the way, but failed to bring the gas for my backpack stove so we improvised with a match built fire.....boy did that test our scout skills. We had a couple false starts and blew til we almost passed out and finally with lots of dry pine needles that Howard found, we had our cup of hot chocolate albeit with some ash in it. Hello winter!

Spokane City Council Meets Troop 323

Monday Nov 2, 2009 our Troop attended the Spokane City Council meeting. The agenda included the following: Presentation by an elder from the Spokane Indian Tribe-display of artifacts at the Masonic Temple Nov 3 2009. Three proclamations:Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week and Women in the Military. Afterwards Madam Mayor Verner presented the 2010 City Budget. The troop under the leadership of Senior Patrol Leader; Zac MacMaster led the audience and council in the pledge of alligence. Afterwards each introduced themselves by name and rank to the council. Troop 323 represented the BSA and our sponsoring unit, the Spokane First Ward with honor and respect.