Our latest campout, Troop and Team 699 colaborated on earning the canoe merit badge at Martin F. Dies Jr. State Park near Jasper, TX. Safe Afloat training requires two important things, supervision and discipline. Well, we definately had the supervision with six adults. Thank you for all your help. Thomas built a fire without matches, proving his scouting skills are still there. In the morning Edgar and Cristian got to work cooking breakfast at 5:49am. That was the earliest we ever had breakfast on a campout. Usually we have breakfast just in time to start making lunch. Three Scouts needed to take the swim test so we took them over to the swim area in the cold water while the other got the canoes. Riley, Austin, and Thomas taught the canoe merit badge very well and we even swamped the boats and had a rescue demonstration. Saw some alligators too. The water got chopy with the wind picking up and headed back to the dock after a camp ranger instructed us to stay close to the shore. Overall, this was a great campout.