Today Troop and Team 699 attended merit badge day Scouting @Sam hosted by Sam Houston State University, 11 February, 2012. Even though we got up before the crack of dawn this cold February morning, the boys were met with kolaches and pastries for breakfast while the leaders checked in. The Scouts met in an auditorium, sat in their assigned merit badge groups, and then were escorted to their classrooms on campus. Jacob unwittingly signed up for the cooking merit badge and immediately got to work making lunch for the whole campus. Lunch was held in the campus cafeteria with buffet style areas with lines that filled up quickly for the pizza and hotdog zones. Riley piled up his plates going for seconds, thirds,...25ths,... We got some partial merit badges along with some completes.
Riley completed Cinematography and will have his short news reel posted on You Tube.
Dalin competed in a campus Chess tournament and kept the college students on their toes with his skills.
Edgar, Jaffeth, and Cristian all completed Citizenship in the World, learning about how Australia used to be a prisoner island for the British Empire.
Erick and Jimmie got partials in Citizenship in the Nation.
Jacob scored two for one merit badge day. He completed Public Health and got a partial for Cooking. I guess we didn't stay to do the dishes!!
