Troop 10
Landahl Park Campout
March 28th and 29th, 2015
Signup Deadline March 23rd
Location: William Landahl Park Reserve – Argo Road Camp
28909 East Argo Road, Blue Springs, MO
GPS Coordinates: 39.066027, -94.237157
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Sat. Departure: Departure from Price Chopper 133rd and Mission at 8:30am.
Sun. Return: We will return home after we break camp Sunday, around 9:30am.
If you plan to arrive late, leave during the campout, or leave early Sunday, you MUST contact our
Scoutmaster, Rob Day, no later than Thursday, March 26th or you may not get credit for the campout;
[email protected].
Camp Credit: You must be present at the following times for camp credit. If you cannot make these
times, you must gain prior approval from the scoutmaster, Rob Day.
 Roll call at 10:00 am in the camping area
 Roll call after dinner in the camping area
 Roll call for dismissal Sunday morning
Activities:
 Saturday: Camp setup, lunch break (bring your own sack lunch or cook with your patrol),
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orienteering course competition (organized by SPL staff), fire building skills, mountain biking
(optional—bring your own bike and helmet), hiking, specialty dessert making opportunity, worship
service, campfire (Patrol skits & songs).
Sunday: Breakfast, break camp
Horsemanship Merit Badge: See below for more information
Food/Cooking Format:
 Saturday Breakfast: Eat prior to arrival.
 Saturday Lunch: Everyone bring a sack lunch or cook lunch with your patrol.
 Saturday Supper: Scouts will cook with patrols, adults will eat with the “Old Goat Patrol”
 Sunday Breakfast: Scouts will cook with patrols, adults will eat with the “Old Goat Patrol”
Equipment Needed: Bring and wear weather-appropriate clothing, extra dry clothing to change into
at night (socks, sweats, long sleeve t-shirts, stocking hats, etc.), sleeping bag, ground mat, mess kit, and
rain gear. Consult your Scout Handbook for a complete list and check the weather forecast. Patrols will
work together to see that patrol tents are brought to camp by assigned patrol members. If you have tents
and tarps, make sure they make it to this campout even if you aren’t attending. Call your Patrol Leader,
if he doesn’t call you by Wednesday, March 25th. Patrol Quartermasters must speak to the Troop
Quartermaster, [email protected]; if any additional equipment is needed (i.e. cooking
grates, bricks, tent poles, tent pegs, tarps, tents). Paper goods & cups will not be provided.
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Troop Policy: NO Lighter Fluid, “Match-light”, or accelerant to be used.
Charcoal chimneys are provided by the Troop
Registration: Please sign-up at the regular Troop meetings by March 23rd. Or, if you can’t be at the
meetings, via e-mail to: [email protected]. The cost for Scouts is $10.00 (food purchased
by the Patrol is not included in this amount). The cost for adults is $20.00. Your Troop account will be
billed by the Troop Treasurer, email is [email protected]
Coordinating Patrol: All members of the Frontiersman Patrol – Blue Color Team and all
Quartermasters. One of the parents of a Frontiersman Scout will need to drive the troop truck to and
from the campout. The Frontiersman Patrol Scouts and ALL quartermasters are responsible to load the
truck on Thursday, March 26nd at 6:00pm and unload the troop truck on Sunday morning.
Directions: I-70 east to Blue Springs, MO. Exit on Hwy 7 go north 1.6 miles to Pink Hill Road. Right
(east) on Pink Hill Rd for 0.7 miles to Owens School Rd. Left (north) on Owens School Rd 1 mile to
Argo Road. Right (east) on Argo Rd 0.5 miles to the gravel road on the right, down the hill to the
campsite.
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If you have any questions please contact:
Scoutmaster Robert Day: [email protected]
Campmaster Gilbert Trill: [email protected]
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Horsemanship Merit Badge
The Horsemanship merit badge will be offered in two parts: a classroom session and as an outpost of
the Landahl Park campout.
The classroom session will be taught by our Horsemanship MB counselor Jeff Muchow on Monday,
March 23rd at 6 PM at Prairie Star Middle school.
The hands-on horse session will be on Saturday, March 28th or Sunday, March 29th (depending on how
may scouts sign-up) at Misty River Equestrian Center. Misty River is a 12 minute drive from Landahl
Park.
There is a $35 fee per Scout for instruction and use of facilities and horses at Misty River. Both the
classroom and Misty River sessions are necessary to earn the Merit Madge.
The Misty River Horsemanship MB program is explained at http://mistyrivereq.com/boyscouts.htm
We can have 6-15 scouts in the Saturday AM session and 6-15 scouts in the Saturday PM session.
Should there be sufficient demand, there will be a Sunday AM session for a total capacity of 45 scouts.
Should there be even more demand, we will arrange another session.
Because of the location away from the camp site and the hours of the sessions, we expect that we will
need help with transportation for the boys to/from Misty River Equestrian Center. We will do what we
can to make it work, but assistance may be needed.
Those who have expressed their interest in the Horsemanship MB are already signed up. If you have
questions, please email Jeff Parrish at [email protected]. Otherwise, please sign up with the
Campmaster for the Landahl Park Camp Out.
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