Cub Scout Camp - Arrival

Camp is finally here! The Cub Scout have arrived and are located their rooms upstairs. Each Cub Scout was  allocated a room with a sign on the door. Each sign has a name on it that represented the name of one of the Hawaiian Islands - Maui, molandi , Big Island..

This set the tone for the weekend. We did not tell the Cub Scouts what they were, only that it had to do with the camp theme and there was a clue on the doors. Alex L was the first to guess them and earnt a badge for that effort.

One of the first things to greet the Cubs was a shark called Lani. He was there as the weekend mascot and protector of the kitchen. One little munchkin that dropped of their brother got a right fright and would not go near him. Too real for her :-)

Once settled we held parade and went the rules of the camp. We also told them that they had to solve 3 puzzles.

1. what the names on the doors meant
2. what country Hawaii belonged too (none got it without taking a lot of blind stabs, we had Russia, Asia and plenty more until Kalb guessed it late Saturday)
3. who was killed thee who had ties to Australia? Captian Cook. Alex H got that one on parade.

Once parade was over it was upstairs to change into costume for Campfire. The grass sjirts and loud shirts, plus silly Venturers added to a funny sing-a-long campfire. This was the first time we had run it on opening and we will do again, but have things more prepped as it had no skits. Still it was a good one and the Cubs learnt all new songs.

After campfire it was off to the beach for a ramble and hopefully find sand crabs running along the beach. Alas, the tide was in and no crabs to be found. However we were privileged to see floating lanterns being released. Apparently this is an annual event for an Asian ceremony of remembrance. It was a great spectacle and amazing to watch as the floated by on the night wind.

On returning to camp, it was time for bed - yeah right - lots of late night chatting and a few grumpy leader moments saw them quieten down around 1am.

It was a good start for a weekend that would be loaded with activities.