Towering Pines Blog

Camper Achievements Week 5

Heading into the last week (ouch!!!!) and your boys are working hard to earn ranks and badges.

Take a look at all they’ve done this week – I think you’ll be as impressed by your sons as we are:

Vespers

• Cabin 7 led a vespers on “Trust.”

Chiefs of the Day

• Bryce B
• Inigo M
• Ethan J
• James E
• Mike F
• Ross C
• Luke N

Sunday Special event

• TP Fair, including our sisters from Camp Woodland.

Cabin Clean-up

• Congrats to the Men of Cabin 11! Enjoy your trip to Cathy’s Ice Cream.

Riders of the Week

• Matt S
• Noah F
• Seth H
• “Barn Rat Extraordinaire” Louis M

Archery

• Matt F earned his Black Bowman.
• Andres MDC had a high score of the day with a 39 at 50 yards.
• Nico R earned his Blue Yeoman.
• Mateo T earned his Black Archer.
• Ross C earned his Black Archer.
• Nico R earned his Black Archer.
• Ross C earned his Blue Bowman.
• Matt S earned his White Bowman.
• Nico R had a high score of the day with a 44 at 20 yards.
• Christian P earned his Blue Bowman.
• Nico R earned his Blue Bowman.
• Matt S got high score of the day with a 41 at 10 yards.

Swimming

• Gordon H passed Level 5.
• Domenic G passed Level 5.
• Tanner H passed Level 4.
• Matt S passed level 6.
• Calvin F passed level 6.
• Pablo R passed Level 6.

Skin Diving

• Andy E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.
• Andres MDC fearlessly caught a 3” bluegill. Those things are scrappier than they look.

Riflery

• Jakob S passed his Bar I.
• Ferran S-A passed his Bar I.
• Alex P passed his Bar IV.
• Manuel MDC passed his Marksman.
• Alvaro MDC passed his Bar IV.
• Gianni G had a high score of the day with a 43 from prone position.
• Marcos E earned his Sharpshooter.
• Alec B earned his Marksman First Class.
• Noah F earned his Marksman First Class.
• Ferran S-A earned his Bar II AND got high score of the day with a 44 from sitting position.
• Rodrigo B earned his Bar III.
• Ben K earned his Bar I.
• Ferran S-A earned his Bar III.
• Rodrigo B had a high score of the day with a 46 from sitting position.
• Tanner H earned his Sharpshooter.
• Ferran S-A earned his Bar IV.
• Ben K earned his Bar II.

Sail Race

• In the Dread Pirate Regatta, there was a tie between Mitch T, a.k.a., “Metch the Bardic Pirate” and Diego L. As a result, Metch got his first Skull (5 Skulls officially make you an “Ace”) and Diego earned his pirate nickname, “Captain Spiltmilk.” Don’t ask why, nicknames are a pirate’s secret.
• Ross C passed his Crew.
• Thomas K passed his Crew.
• Metch the Bardic Pirate won the Dread Pirate Regatta with Ross C as his crew.

Fishing Catch of the Day

• Alex A caught a 10” smallmouth bass.
• Johnny K caught a 12” smallmouth bass.
• James E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.

Trick Ski

• Diego L got up on one ski and slalomed.
• Matt F made it all around Lake Nokomis on the trick skis.

Weirdest Camper of the Week

• The guys learning how to “water ski” off the end of a bench. They looked so happy that I just took the photo and didn’t try to explain…

…and be careful of Land Sharks.