Ryan at Boy Scout camp

At the end of July, Ryan spent a week up north at Camp Philips for Boy Scouts. He was able to work on some advancements and a couple of merit badges. Overall he had a great time. Besides the things he was scheduled for he had free time to go boating, do some archery and rifle shooting. One badge that he earned was his fishing badge. Fortunately he was able to catch a couple while he was there. I believe that this is a pumpkin fish (never heard of that one).


Even though they were already at camp, the First Year Campers camped out together in tents one night. Ryan had fun participating in all the activities.

I was very proud of him for completing the mile swim. There were only five boys at the entire camp that did it. To qualify he had to swim a half mile. The only time he had to do it was that morning. The life guard met him at 6:00 a.m. so that he could do it and then he was back at one for the mile. Each swimmer had a boat that went with them just in case something happened as they were swimming in a lake. It took him just over an hour to complete it and he did an awesome job. He also completed the swimming merit badge at camp.