Village Creek State Park Two Nighter

Village Creek State Park is about 70 miles east of Crosby in the Big Thicket National Forest.

Even though the camp was at capacity, it doesn't have very many sites, so it wasn't real crowded, especially for a holiday weekend.

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs Anderson for driving the boys out there.

We arrived at about 7:00 and still had plenty of light to set up tents.

Pictured Below is Jacob, who not only satisfied a tenderfoot requirement but also managed to earn the coveted, "Best Snack"award

For his delicious grilled corn. This kept the natives from starving while they awaited their dinners.

Campers were treated to a choice, either Frito Pie, which earned Ean Lasseigne the

"Best Dinner award"

Or hot dogs cooked in an unique manner by Travis

Here is a picture of our a

"Cleanest Camper"

Which was awarded to Quentin, the only scout to take a shower. Everyone else felt clean enough after swimming in the pristine waters of Village Creek.

Pictured here is the winner of our

"Best use of water guns"

Travis Anderson

Travis, who has never met a stranger, quickly borrowed a water gun from one of the other campers and swimmers. Much enjoyment ensued!

We quickly made friends with Krissy Sue and Sadie, two charming Boxers who just wanted to play fetch.

I wasn't able to score a photo release from them, so they are not pictured.

Some of the highlights were the hike! We didn't even need to call Miss Alex to rescue us or break out the GPS, Jacob led the hike using the map and we made the approximate 1.5 mile hike from camp to the river to splash around and then 1.5 miles back. The trail was beautiful and completly shaded.

The other cool thing is that jacob stumbled upon a A Geocache site! It turns out that even if you aren't looking for it and you find it you still get to claim something.

They donated a feather and a sonic drink token to the cache and signed their names,

Now they are all excited to start on their geocache merit badge.

So Jacob and Quentin under the close supervision of David and Travis helped to make the dinner meal on Saturday, which was spaghetti and Chicken and rice.

Ean, David and Travis completed their first class requiremtnst to plan a patrol food for breakfast, lunch and dinner with at least two meals that were cooked. They purchased the food and transported it too and made sure we had the proper gear to cook it in!

David and Ean both chose pancakes and bacon for breakfast on Saturday.

David chose chicken and rice and Travis chose Spaghetti for Saturday night.

They all three Chose Sandwiches for lunch.

Ean chose Frito Pie for dinner on Friday, Travis chose Hot dogs for Dinner on Friday.

Travis and David provided a cook free breakfast on Sunday of granola bars, muffins and pop tarts. They enjoyed cookind and supervising their underling Tenderfoot scouts!

Sunday Morning the Penas got there early and we loaded up and were gone by 9:21 am.

But not before we had a special Sunday Service led by David Mullens

He read the story of creation and we talked about our favorite parts of Nature and ended with a prayer.

We can't wait for the next outing!