Potwisha Campground in the foot hills of Sequoia National Park
Gotta start an adventure with a great breakfast!
Guess who decided to put their tent on a slope too close to the edge? Yes, there are still 2 Scouts sleeping in here. Yohoo......, David..., Josh!
Mrs. Rodriguez discusses the fine art of cooking, for the Cooking Merit Badge!
Mrs. Squire led the nature hike. Here she points to a large patch of poison oak. It is very common in the area.
Here is a closeup view. Be sure to memorize this.
Remember: Leaves of 3, let it be!
Hiking along the Kaweah River.
A friendly tree frog
There is a suspension bridge across the Kaweah River for hikers. It does some nifty movement when hikers walk across!
Will is learning the skills of handling axes and hatchets, under the watchful eye of Jared E.
Fire building lesson for Rogan, taught by Ian.
About 2 in the afternoon on Satruday a bear strolled through the Diablo Patrol campsite. He watched for a while then wandered south when the Rangers arrived!
We found an item from the bears investigating someone's equipment on a previous night. This is a Costco size container of Bear Aspirin!
Cooking with Dutch Ovens. Lessons included a demo of stacking them 3 high! Mr. Aldous and Mr. Bridges are cooking up a storm. Several dinners were baked followed by a potluck.
Dutch Oven deserts were also baked. Time for another potluck!
Alan learned how to make a cookie, a BIG cookie!
Saturday night the Campground had an campfire talk by a Naturalist. The subject was archeology.
Sunday was a time to help the Park by cleaning up at a handicap campsite.
Sunday Morning Worship Service
