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2007 Fall Camp Out - Ponderosa
Campground, Payson, AZ (10/20 - 10/21) |
Over 30 people attended
the 2007 Pack 478 Fall Campout in Payson.
We had a blast!!!
- We all setup camp and helped each other. We made
lunch. Then, we went on 2 Geocache adventures.
- Geocache #1 - we treaded across 300 MILLION YEAR OLD
FOSSILS (from the Carbiniferous Period - 50 Million years
BEFORE the dinosaurs!!). This is considered the
most fossilized site in the state of Arizona featuring
Paleozoic Era fossils in the weathered limestone, shale and
sandstone. Everyone picked & traded toys, signed the
log and headed back for #2.
- Geocache #2 - at an elevation of 5675. We started
on a steep climb where teamwork was key!! What
an awesome hike up over the top of the treed hilltop and
down into a wash where the cache was discovered by a scout
going to pee. An ammo can in a tree (hey, that
rhymed). No time to trade toys as the sun was going
down. We signed the log and double timed it back to
the cars.
- What followed was an evening of dinner, campfire, songs,
skits, jokes, laughter, s'mores, marshmallows, hot dogs &
family bonding. Fantastic!!
Chilly & cozy night in our tents, then up for breakfast,
a.m. campfire & off on a hike. The final event was a
group trash hunt. We cleaned up trash and left our
site better than we found it!! "Leave no trace!" |
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Camp Site Setup

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The Circle of Life &
Death (Tarantula and Wasp Beetle)
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Geocache #1 - "Fossiliferous"
- found in the end of a fallen tree -
lots of toys!!



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Nature: Changing of the
Seasons
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Geocache #2 - "Hokey
Highline" - found in an ammo box in the base of the tree

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Day 2 Morning Hike after
Breakfast - Finding the "Magic Pack Power Bone"


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**Thank you to Mr. Jim DeLashmutt, Bear Den
Leader, for being our photographer for this event. |
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