This summer, the Boy Scouts of America changed the
Cub Scouting program. They got new books, new requirements, new awards. This was about the same time that Peter turned 10 and joined the Webelos Den of which I'm the Den Master. We currently only have two boys, Peter, and his friend Brian.
Since June, we've completed Cast Iron Chef (cooking), First Responder (1st Aid), Stronger Faster Higher (Fitness), and this past month our project was Webelos Walkabout (Hiking). To complete this achievement, we went on a 3 mile hike on Saturday.
We met at our house and packed lunches and trail mix. Then we piled into the car and drove to the
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
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| Peter was the trail leader, so he had the papers with the trail map. |
We parked in the parking lot by the Visitor's Center, then hiked the Legacy Trail around Lake Mary and back. We ate our lunch at a picnic table near Lake Mary, and picked up some trash around the picnic area.
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| The boys take a brief rest during the hike. |
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| Lake Mary |
Along the way we saw an incredibly fast caterpillar, a prairie dog, four bison, ants, beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, birds, a crawdad and a fish.
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| There was a telescope near the Visitor's center. |
Back at the Visitor's Center, we got to see a black footed ferret, and, as it was National Wildlife Refuge Week, there were a bunch of outdoor exhibits and activities. The scouts got to help put together the bones of a bison like a puzzle.
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| The scouts putting together the bison bone puzzle |
It was a fun adventure, and I think the boys really enjoyed it.
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