June River Trip - Whitewater Rafting

Our annual river trip has be-come very popular, and we’re do-ing it again on June 7 & 8. We've booked the same "Premier Whitewater" trip with class 2-3 rapids that we’ve done in the past.

We'll assemble at the church at 7:30 AM on Saturday, June 7, carpool to the outfitter's location, and spend the day on the river where we'll eat our packed lunch. When we finish rafting, we'll set up camp, cook our dinner and camp overnight before returning on Sunday.

The trip is open to Scouts, registered adults, and siblings who are 9 years old or older, but chil-dren who are not Scouts must be accompanied by a parent regis-tered with Scouting America.

The date we've picked is a dam release weekend, so it should be fun on the river. We have a campsite, and rafting places re-served through Whitewater Chal-lengers, the same outfitter we’ve used in the past. The cost for the trip, including rafting, campsite fee, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast is $100/person due by our May 19 meeting.

Although meals are a little different on the raft trip, as always meal planning and cooking will be done by the patrols. Here's the planning schedule for this trip:

• May 5: Menu packets distributed. Patrols assign Grubmasters and begin discussing what they want to eat.
• May 12: Patrols agree on what they want to eat and complete step 1 of the packet. Grubmasters take packets home and complete steps 2a by fleshing out the menu and step 2b by filling out the nutrition table.
• May 19: Patrols and ASPL approve menus and nutrition requirements, Grubmasters take home food boxes, complete step 3 by inventorying them, and complete step 4 by making their shopping lists.
• June 2: Final shopping list approved by Patrols and ASPL, checks issued to Grubmasters, Grubmasters take coolers home and purchase food.

Both a troop permission slip for Scouts and a outfitter's waiver for everyone are required for this trip. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail when you do the outfitter's waiver. Please forward that to the Scoutmaster. Permission slips should be turned in upon arrival at the church. Scouts who are bringing medications with them must also give them to an adult leader in their original container along with a copy of this Medication Administration Form signed by a parent.

SUGGESTED RIVER TRIP PACKING LIST