Operation On Target 2009

Last Saturday we were out again early, this time to climb to the summit of Mt. Loafer for the annual Operation On Target. We had a good turnout of a dozen or so Scouts along with several of the Allen Davis family. Thanks also to John Strong for all the photos used in this slideshow.

The Scouts all made it to the summit well ahead of a couple of the creaky-kneed, over-40 leaders. Everyone had fun sending mirror flashes back down to the neighborhood. We were only able to make a couple of contacts with other teams. There's a nice picture in the slideshow of a good flash from Team 483 on Mt. Nebo. We also contacted Lake Mountain west of Utah Lake, a team on the valley floor in downtown Provo, and my dad was able to spot my 8 inch mirror signal from his house in north Provo.

We had a nice hike back down, with most everyone opting to jog down the last three miles for some reason. My knees weren't feeling up to that, so Austin and I were content to bring up the rear and we only got to the parking lot fifteen minutes behind everyone else. After that we cooled down with some nice shakes at the Wildflower.

Moab Week Long Camp

2 weeks ago we returned from our summer adventure in Goblin Valley and Moab.

This past Thursday we got together at the Ridings and watched the video/slideshow of the trip, which you should be able to watch below. I've never posted a video to the blog before, so I hope this works.

The first highlight of the trip was losing five normally sensible-thinking Scouts in the hot desert for three or four hours. We all learned a lot from that experience, so I feel justified in making fun of them in the video. It's all in fun.

After that we spent the next few days surrounded by spectacular scenery on the Colorado River upstream of Moab, a filming site for many movies, some of which are referred to in this clip.