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http://laredolaw.net/troop90/ Website Last Updated: May 27, 2008

Welcome to the TROOP 90 Website!

Check our Calendar... events planned into 2009!!! Troop 90 will attend TWO different 2008 Summer Camp opportunities!!! Check summer plans for 2009. See the Philmont, New Mexico backpack trek in set for July, '09!!! View Pico Blanco photos. Check out the FAQ page. Check the Hiking schedule. FAQ questions & answers are updated.

Quick Link for Camping Details [click here!] - ( NOTE: Any underlined blue reference is a HOT LINK! Just click on the blue to go to that page.) Camp dates are set into 2009 at the bottom of this page. Check our FAQ page for photos of the new dining hall at Pico Blanco. Visit our Guestbook at the bottom.

June Court of Honor: June 9 – Note This New Date - June 9!!! Troop 90 will conduct its summer Court of Honor in Chautauqua Hall on June 9, 2008 to recognize scout rank advancements of all scouts. This COH has a special emphasis on first-year scouts who can advance to Tenderfoot prior to Summer Camp.

Two New Eagle Scouts! – Congratulations are due to Martin Matthews and Grant Randall for advancing to the rank of Eagle Scout at Boards of Review on May 1, 2008. For his Eagle Project, Martin built a new marquis and installed two new benches at Forest Grove Elementary School; Grant refurbished the Eagles Nest, an appropriately named group foster care home for teen boys by repairing, painting, installing new floors and carpet, and new landscaping. raising close to $10,000 in the process! To both, a job well done! Click on Troop 90's Eagle's Nest to see the full roster of Troop 90 Eagle Scouts.

***new*** Award of Merit – Congratulations to Scoutmaster Dave Randall, Assistant Scoutmaster Steve Earley and Committee Member Trish McKeon!!! Dave Randall and Steve Earley were each awarded the highest recognition available from our BSA District - the District Award of Merit. Trish McKeon was also named Unit Scouter of the Year. Troop 90 is proud of the inspired leadership provided by our volunteers, and thrilled to see that their efforts are recognized beyond the local circle of our troop and by our entire District. Kudos to all for a job well done!

Camp Cooking Resources – Troop 90 has added a new internal link to its own Cooking Reference Page. This leads you to pages and pages of cooking recipes, hints and instructions. Click to find menus and lists of ingredients. In the future, access these pages at the FAQ index page (link located at the top of the column on the right) under the heading Cooking Index.

June Summer Camp (#1) – 6/21/08 - Troop 90 begins its first of two summer camps on June 21st at Camp Chawanakee in the Sierra, an hour east of Fresno. This is an incredible summer camp shores of Shaver Lake. This camp offers a great program, great food and great fun... it is a magical place.

July Summer Camp (#2) – 7/27/08 - Troop 90 begins its second full week of summer camp in its own backyard - at Big Sur - at Pico Blanco Scout Ranch. Although presented by our local council camp, it truly offers a grand and unmatched experience. Troop 90 has traditionally reserved the prime campsite (#3) which nests on a bend of the South Fork of the Little Sur River where we enjoy our own private swimming hole.

Oceanographic Trip (May 31st) – Troop 90 an opportunity to sail on a Monterey Bay Aquarium sponsored oceanography research vessel. Departure is on May 31

from the wharf in Monterey at 10:00am. Space is limited to 20 scouts and 4 adults. We return at 1:00 pm. Cost is $65/scout. Participants will complete classes necessary for the Oceanography Merit Badge. By day's end, the only remaining requirement will be for each Scout to write an essay.

Plan your Eagle Service Project!– Check our own web page by following our FAQ page to "Eagle Projects". Also, you can find many other resources by entering “Eagle Scout Project” into a search engine. A great resource site to assist you in achieving Eagle Scout is: http://home.flash.net/~smithrc/eagleprj.htm.

Camping Updates!!! – Check the Camp Calendar to see recent revisions to the Troop 90 event plans. The calendar been updated to include dates from May 2008, through the summer of 2008, and as far into the future as July 2009! Check the following dates:

2008 CALENDAR... includes CAMPING... BACKPACKING... Merit Badges... and more!!!

2008 dates

May 2008 5/31 Oceanography Merit Badge Troop 90 will charter an Ocean Research Vessel from the MBA, go out into the bay, perform oceanography and complete Oceanography MB.

Jun 2008 6/9 Pre Summer Camp COH

NEW DATE!!! - JUNE 9

CLASS "A" Uniform Event. Troop 90 will conduct a COH in Chautauqua Hall to recognize scout rank advancements of all scouts. This COH has a special emphasis on first-year scouts who CAN advance to Tenderfoot prior to Summer Camp.

Jun 2008 6/21 6/28 Camp Chawanakee Summer Camp An absolutely incredible summer camp opportunity awaits about an hour east of Fresno in the foothills at about 1 mile elevation on the shore of Shaver Lake. GREAT PROGRAM. GREAT FOOD. GREAT FUN. Just ask any scout who went last year. Most are already on the roster to return. This is a magical place.

All participants in summer camp, including adults, must have a current physical. Adults need a Class III physical. These are good for one year. Scouts need a Class I and II physical; The Class II is good for three years. The Class I is an annual update by parents. These are simple physicals, of the variety that can be done by your physician or by DOCTORS ON DUTY. If your scout has recently had a physical for school or sports, there is a good chance you can drop the forms off where he had the physical, and the doc will sign these papers without needing to see their patient again.

If you are an adult just visiting summer camp and maybe staying one night for the drop off or pick up, we have in the past not been required to have a physical on you, since you are not participating in camp activities.

Jun 2008 6/30 Mid Term PL Elections and 5th Monday Uniform Inspection

Jul 2008 7/26 - 7/27 Backpack from Old Coast Hwy to Pico Blanco Scout Camp (12 mi) Very few have been dropped off at the old Coast Hwy the day before camp begins. Your journey will take you to Pico Public Camp where you will enjoy luxury accomodations (the picnic tables Troop 90 hiked in in 2004) and a magical waterfall. After a gourmet dinner, we will sleep beneath the stars and awake early to hike into Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp, where you will shed your backpacking gear for car camping gear for your first day of summer camp.

Jul 2008 7/27 - 8/2 Pico Resident Camp Troop 90 always participates in our local council camp. Once again this year, we anticipate to take over 20 youth and stay in our traditional campsite 3 on the River with our own swimming hole. A favorite every year for scouts who Love Camp Pico Blanco.

Aug 2008 8/24 Aug Court of Honor After 2 Summer Camps, there will be over 200 Merit Badges to award, and we deserve a picnic!!! Once again this year, Troop 90 is to rent Indian Village in Pebble Beach. Come in Class B. Have Fun. Then switch to CLASS A for our formal end of summer Court of Honor.

August & September 2008 Day hiking events are planned to lead to the Hiking Merit Badge in August and September.

Sep 2008 9/19 - 9/21 Mountain Man Rendezvous at Pico Blanco This has been a past favorite weekend. Not only journey to Camp Pico Blanco... but travel back in time as the camp is changed to a late 1800's trader camp. Scouts will start fire with flint and steel, will load and shoot black powder rifles, and will learn how to pack a horse.

Sep 2008 8/29 Elections/5th Monday SPL and ASPL + 1/2 of PLs + 5th Monday Uniform Inspection

Oct 2008 TBA

Nov 2008 TBA

Dec 2008 12/19 12/20 All Night at the Movies

2009 CALENDAR... includes SUMMER CAMP on Catalina Island (So.Cal) and BACKPACKING at Philmont, New Mexico!!!

2009 DATES

Jan 2009 1/5 1/5 Mid Term PL Election - Half of PLs Elected + 5th Monday Uniform Inspection

Feb 2009 WINTER Camp Spend a weekend in the heated tent cabins at Yosemite's Curry Village. Loads of Fun. Activities are weather dependent.

April 2008 3-5, First Timer Camp at Toro Regional Park (Highway 68 toward Salinas).

Jun 2009 6/27 7/4 Catalina Island Res Camp Week long camping for Resident Camp on Catalina Island - Camp Cherry Valley

Jul 2009 7/4 7/19 Philmont 2009

This is just a partial list!!! Visit the full Troop 90 Camping Calendar to read all the detail for events planned as far away as 2009!!! Click here for Camping Details. If you have any question, visit our FAQ** page... see the link at the top of the column to the right.

*BOR stands for Board of Review... see FAQ's if you still don't know.

**FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions.

Click to view an Overview of Pico Blanco Summer Camp

Click to view Troop 90 photos from Pico Blanco Summer Camp

Click here for a Driving Map to Camp

Updated Photos. Click here or go to the photo index page... at the upper right side of this page. Many photos have been added, and some older photos have been improved to load faster.