Upcoming Events
March 2010
March 26th - 28th
C&O Canal Bicycle Trip
Keep your fingers crossed that the snow will be gone by late March! We're off to Maryland to spend a weekend bicycling along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The canal survives as an excellent illustration of 19th-century canal-building technology. The magnitude of the engineering achievement is exemplified by the length of the canal, its 74 lift locks to accommodate a rise of 605 feet, the 11 stone aqueducts spanning the major Potomac tributaries, 7 dams supplying water to the canal, hundreds of culverts carrying roads and streams beneath the canal, and a 3,117-foot tunnel carrying the canal through a large shale rock formation.
The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most intact and impressive survivals of the American canal-building era. The C&O Canal is unique in that it remains virtually unbroken and without substantial modification affecting its original character for its entire length of 185 miles.
The C&O Company was chartered in 1825 to construct a shipping canal connecting tidewater on the Potomac River in DC with the headwaters of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania, thereby providing an economical trade route between the eastern seaboard and the trans-Allegheny West.
It's been several years since we were out on a cycling weekend. We all need a refresher on bicycle safety and a review of our equipment. Any scouts planning to attend this weekend should plan to attend our Monday night meetings through March as we will be bringing in some guests to help us brush up on bike maintenance and safety.
Also, scouts should plan to bring their bicycle to the upper parking lot of the church on Sunday March 14, 2010 for bike inspection and proficiency check.
Reminder! Scouts must have appropriate riding equipment and maintenance tools including bike helmet and gloves. Bikes should also be equipped
with either a horn or a bell.
Patrol Tour Responsibility:J.Hitchens
Adult Tour Leader:Mr. Horn
Download the Activity and Permission Sheets:
Activity Sheet
Scout Registration Sheet
Adult Registration Sheet
April 2010
April 23th - 25th
COPE Weekend
Coming in April! C.O.P.E. Weekend at Hawk Mountain. Be sure to plan on attending. There is lots to learn.
The seven C.O.P.E. goals are summarized as:
- Teamwork Teamwork is the key that allows a group to navigate a C.O.P.E. challenge course successfully. The C.O.P.E. challenge ropes course experience makes it clear that each individual can accomplish more as a member of a team than by going it alone.
- Communication A C.O.P.E. challenge course encourage in the moment active learning of critical listening and discussion skills important for any group, troop or individual attempting to accomplish a difficult task.
- Trust Participants completing difficult tasks on a C.O.P.E. challenge course develop trust in the C.O.P.E. staff members, their fellow troop members and themselves.
- Leadership Team members attempting to solve problems on a cope course have abundant opportunities to develop and exercise leadership skills in small and large groups.
- Decision Making Project C.O.P.E. requires groups and troops to make decisions by developing one or more solutions to a the specific obstacle, problem, or initiative. Teams must consider all the available resources and alternatives, and evaluate the probable results before moving forward.
- Problem Solving Project C.O.P.E. challenges groups and individual to develop solutions to interesting problems. Participants must step outside of the box and frequently use creative ideas. Participants can then test their solutions and evaluate the results.
- Self-Esteem Meeting the challenges of a C.O.P.E. challenge course allows individuals and groups to develop self-esteem and encourages them to set challenging yet attainable goals.
Merit Badge Tie-ins
Cycling
Traffic Safety
Camping
