50th Anniversary Winnebago Scout Reservation, Winnebago Council

Winnebago Scout Reservation, better known as WSR, celebrated its 50th Anniversary this last weekend with a fall camporee. Elizabeth and I joined the troop, her first camp out past the front yard.

Friday, September 26th

Al checks in with Tammy. " Roster? We need one of those?"

Tents and dining fly are set up. Its cracker barrel time.

Saturday, September27th

Breakfast is served thanks to Greg, the morning cook for the adults.

Scrambling up some eggs. Scouts cook for themselves.


Morning flags.

Off to rifles.

Elizabeth tries archery.

There is plenty of lashing involved with building a gateway. It was pretty neat to see the guys (and E) problem solve, find building materials, and construct. The older guys helped younger Scouts. The way it's suppose to be.

Lunch time.


Christopher made it up in time for lunch.
Doing dishes the Scout way.

One of the afternoon activities was water ball.


One of the judges is an architect that got his start in
design and construction in Scouts building structures such as these.

Mixing up pineapple upside down cake for the Scout dessert cook off.

Ready for baking in the dutch oven.

Off to the judging.

Well...it tasted great anyway. After the judges got their tasting portion,
the rest of the cake was taken care of while we waited for
Elizabeth to talk to the judges about the cake.

Here is an entry for the main dish adult division.
It looked beautiful and smelled wonderful. It won.

Casey got his biking fix on a camp bike. He said it was
one of his favorite things for the weekend.

Pizza dough is ready to go.

I got to hang out all weekend with 9 Dads.

Winners of the gateway competition.

The camp celebrated with a great program and some spectacular fireworks.
The troop ended the day on a sugar high (smores).

Sunday, September 28th

We load up on our way to breakfast.

The old dinning hall.

Still hanging. Woodbadge 6 years ago. Can it be that long ago?
I enjoyed woodbadge. I'm lucky that 2 patrol members are in T55,Deb and Chuck. I see Jeff and Gaylen on occasion. I don't believe Marty is involved with scouts anymore.
We really jelled as a group.

Favorite part of your weekend?
Mtn bike riding, fireworks, gateway, cooking, taking pictures.

Policing the grounds. Then fluff the grass.


Later that day I went on a bike ride with Mary and Holly and saw these Scouts doing a service project on the bike trail. Good job Pack 55, Den 2.

I enjoyed the weekend. Getting to know the guys from the troop was fun if not interesting. Camping really makes you appreciate the little things. I really appreciated my bed.

Take care and take pictures,
Kim