Troop 18
Portales, New Mexico

Camping with Troop 18

The Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best to
Be clean in my outdoor manners,
Be careful with fire,
Be considerate in the outdoors, and
Be conservation-minded.

Mulligan Stew- Mulligan stew is the district camp out at Oasis State park. It is held every February, with scouts (Boy Scout and Cub Scout) groups from all over the district coming together to enjoy a little time, activities and a pot of stew together. The stew is cooked in cauldrons by the scouts, and a fraternity from ENMU and the local Order of the Arrow lodge pitching in to "create" this stew. It is a fun weekend for all!

Camp Wehinahpay BSA Camp -Troop 18 gets a chance to participate in BSA Summer camp, for a week long of camping, earning merit badges, skill builtding, fishing, archery, shooting, hiking, and many other activities. One of our troop members actually got a chance to work as a cook at Camp Wehinahpay last summer (1999).

Philmont- an excellent website for information about Philmont Scout Camp.

Caprock camp and repelling- Privately owned property opened to Scouts and other youth organizations to provide and opportunity to learn how to repell down cliffs. The boys tell us this is a very fun experience.

Buffalo Springs Waterpark- near Lubbock, TX.- We went over to Lubbock to enjoy the waterpark and relieve some to the summer heat. We also had the opportunity to go the the Science Museum. Unfortunately for us, we had to deal with tornados, wind and lots of rain the same weekend, but it was still a lot of fun.

Dutch Oven Cooking

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