Please take a moment to let us know if you can or cannot come to the Guadalupe Camping and Tubing Trip! That's happening this next weekend -- Friday Sept 12 through Sunday Sept 14. Some people are coming out on Saturday morning, just to go tubing, and that is just fine. We will be renting tubes and life jackets, and eating lunch while on the river. NOTE: our campsite is located downriver from Canyon Lake (a flood control lake). Parents, if you have any questions about the trip, know that we will talk about it at the meeting this coming Tuesday, as part of the monthly Parents Meeting. 

Our October trip will be bicycling in San Antonio! Please mark your calendars for October 3-5 and let us know on the website if you can attend or not. It shoudl be a really pleasant day of bicycling at the beginning of the fall weather. (Forecasts currently suggests lows in the 60s that weekend!). We will be close by, so come out for just the day if you can't spare the time for camping!

  Our first campout of the fall is coming up! We are heading out for the Guadalupe River Tubing and Camping Trip! The fun happens Sept 12-14. Can you join us? In order to safely conduct this and other activities, we need trained adults! Please log on to Scouting.org and take: 

A big thanks to Mr. Barnett! He is organizing a trip to go camping and to go tubing on the Guadalupe. KL Ranch Cliffside is located in New Braunfels, downriver from Canyon Lake (a flood control lake). Please RSVP and let us know if you can join us. If you can only come out for the day on Saturday, just mnake a note about that in the comments. If you cannot attend, please RSVP no (and hopefully join us the next time!). 

Please consider taking the Council Aquatics Committee's upcoming Swimming and Water Rescue Course!  This course provides leaders with information and in-the-water skills to prevent, recognize, and respond to swimming emergencies during unit swimming activities.  It also expands awareness instruction provided by Safe Swim Defense training to include basic water rescue skills. The training is open to any registered adult leader or Scout who is age 15 or older. Successful completion of the Swimming and Water Rescue training authorizes students to conduct the standard BSA swim classification tests that we regularly need for summer camp and for aquatic outings, so this would be incredibly helpful for the troop! Register here: https://scoutingevent.com/564-104180

Do you have partial merit badges you want to complete? New ones you want to start? Here are a few key resources for you:

• Merit Badge Booklets: This is the official source for all merit badge booklets. All free, all online.