Long Term '99 Campout - Heron Lake

Background on Heron Lake State Park

Map of the Heron Lake Area

LT99 was held in the West Side Primitive Camping Area (see the linked map). This is a secluded, low traffic, and primitive campsite. It has a good (dirt) boat launching beach, lots of shade under the pinon and juniper trees, and is large enough to hold our camp very easily.

The 1999 Troop 285 Long Term Camp was a fantastic week in the wild! More soon!

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Basic Skills Training at Long Term

Several classes, contests and campouts were exclusively done by our first-year Scouts at Long Term - what we call our Basic Skills training program. This is an intensive four-day class (with lots of time for fun, too) in which we concentrate on Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class advancement requirements.

An especially hands-on class is the Map and Compass work, which concludes with a five mile hike on which the Scouts perform might naigational feats with their topographic maps and compasses. A contest for distance measurement by pacing was won by Matt R., who over a course of about 750 yards, held an accuracy of better than 99%! The compass bearing test was won in a four-way tie, with Jay M., Daniel K., Kyle B., and John F. all achieving an accuracy of bearing reading within 1 degree to the actual bearing! Congratulations, gentlemen!

Photo Catalog

The photographs collected at Long Term are extensive. We've divided the pictures into several groups. Click on the link for each of the following groups of photos to get to pages with thumbnails of the full-size photos.

Last Updated - 1999-11-29

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