May 2004 Campout at the Outer Banks, North Carolina

Troop 1970 Scouts and Scouters took advantage of a long weekend for a campout at the Outer Banks in North Carolina. It took a lot of planning but, as you will see in the photos, all had a great time. Thanks to Bill Martin and Marty Gurtz for the wonderful digital photos of another safe and enjoyable Campout for Troop 1970. Click on image to make it larger.

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Preparing to hang glide You cannot tell by the photo what the ambient temperature is, but we are calling this a "polar swim." Not sure what I am seeing here, but there is a scout buried up to his neck.
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Yep. Drake is still buried up to his neck. This is the LARC. Mr. Bierkemeyer is explaining wave motion to Zeke.
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Scouts and scouters are being shown some of the cool measuring devices. We are all waiting for the "big one" to strike. We see Scott setting his bait.
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In case you do not know your species of fish, that is a Sting Ray (or Skate) being held up for the camera by a happy fisherman. Troop 1970 scouts and scouters are at their campsite. Timur and Ben are checking the water depth.
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Kayaking was a part of the weekend adventure for Troop 1970. Matt smiles as Ruthie comes alongside. A view of one of the canals. Aaron and David are seriously paddling their kayak to??? I do not know. Do you?
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The Housley brothers are having fun! Here we have three Housleys. Guess what? They are out of the creek without a paddle, ehhh? Airborne! Wow!
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This is the CRAB. The name of this craft is "the Miss Virginia Dare." Zack catches one!
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Kunal caught a skate. Ryan H. and Patrick take a seat after a big wave rocks the boat. Matt H. caught a bluefish.
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Kunal caught the first fish of the trip - a flounder. This is a group photo of those who were able to stay for Monday's tour of the US Army Corps of Engineers research pier in Duck. Our troop scouts and scouters travel in uniform. What a great campout!

Ian M. wrote ..."Over the Memorial Day weekend I went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, one of the campouts scheduled by Troop 1970. ... The activities I did were hang gliding, deep sea fishing, canoeing, going to the beach, going to an army pier, and polar bear swimming." For more read Vol. IX, Issue 2, of Boy Scout Troop 1970 Newsletter, June 2004. Scouts whose dads were with them were able to try hang gliding as a family activity separate from the planned program, while the other scouts played on the giant dunes at Jockey's Ridge.

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