Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base (June
2009)
As an alternative to Summer Camp, we are pleased to offer to
scouts who are at least First Class and 13 years old on or
before January 1, 2009 the option to participate in the Rocky
Mountain High Adventure (RMHA) program.
Reservations have been made at RMHA for the same week as summer
camp: June 14 – 20, 2009.
RMHA is located in the high country of southern Colorado near
Poncha Springs, and it offers overnight white water rafting and
backpacking programs in a breathtaking mountain setting. More
information about RMHA can be found at
http://www.rockymountaincouncil.org/RMHAB.htm
Besides being a wonderful opportunity for fun and adventure, on
advantage of participating in this program is the ability to
travel with the Troop on the bus to Colorado. RMHA is
about 100 miles from SISR, and arrangements are being made to
have the same bus company take us to both. We will also
travel by (the same) bus to and from camp.
The cost of attending RMHA will be $360 (I believe that is the
same for adults – I will have to confirm). The cost of the
bus is an estimated $175-200 per person. An overnight
whitewater trip is part of the adventure. However,
given the Troop will also arrange a whitewater trip, you will be
welcome to join that as well for an additional estimated cost of
$50.
We need to have our initial sign-ups and $50 deposits
collected by Sep 30, 2008. At each Monday Troop
meeting in September, we will have a table set up for you to
learn more about RMHA, to sign up, and to pay your initial
deposits.
For those of you that are uncertain about your family plans for
next summer, please go ahead and sign-up anyway. We won’t
need committed plans until January or so, and if necessary we
can refund your initial deposit. But we would like for now to
have a decent count of participants.
Subsequent payments to Rocky Mountain Council are due Jan 15,
2009 and April 15, 2009 (in order to keep the early bird
pricing). Stay tuned for more information about
those collections as we get closer to those dates.
Sea Base (March 2009)
The Florida National High Adventure Sea Base is owned and
operated by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America to
offer unique educational aquatic programs to its members.
Located in Islamorada and on Summerland Key in the heart of the
Florida Keys, the near shore reefs and crystal clear waters
offer unparalleled opportunities for long term and short term
programs. Troop 25 has participated in a variety of
these programs over the years, and this is a marquis destination
for our scouts. More information about Sea Base can be
found at
http://www.bsaseabase.org/adventure/index.html
Based on initial input from the older scouts and families, the
following reservations have been made for the week of Spring
Break 2009:
|
Program
|
Dates
|
Fees (assuming Full Crew)
|
# Scout in Crew
|
Min # Adults
|
|
Coral Reef Sailing
|
Saturday March 14 thru Friday March 20
|
$675 plus travel
|
4 - 6
|
2
|
|
Out Island Adventure
|
Sunday March 15 thru Saturday March 21
|
$670 plus travel
|
4 - 6
|
2
|
|
Scuba Certification
|
Sunday March 15 thru Sunday March 22
|
$775 plus travel
|
4 - 6
|
2
|
|
Coral Reef Sailing
|
Monday March 16 thru Sunday March 22
|
$675 plus travel
|
4 - 6
|
2
|
The minimum age requirement to attend sea base programs is 14 by
September 1, 2009 (14 by March 15 for Scuba).
We need to have our initial sign-ups and $100 deposits
collected by Sep 22, 2008. At each Monday Troop
meeting in September, we will have a table set up for you to
learn more about Sea Base and the different program options, to
sign up, and to pay your initial deposits.
If you are interested in participating in any of these programs,
please let Mr. Wills know ASAP (call or email me).
In order for us to confirm a reservation, we need to make sure
we have at least a minimum crew size for each trip, and that
we have at least 2 qualified adult leaders. Please
let me know which trip you are interested in, or if you are open
to any of the trips. For this trips listed
above where I don’t get enough interest, I will have to cancel
the reservation.
