July 2017 - Stake Girls Camp - West Piney

In addition to the video above, Charlotte and I helped out a bit as in the pictures below.  (Charlotte is good at eating leftover donuts).

June 2017 - Menan Butte

Took a little backpacking trip up into the North Menan Butte with the Pulsiphers.  Had a beautifully soft bed on the verdant cheatgrass...

Rim of the Butte

Making Camp

Touching the "R" on R Mountain

Breakfast scratch

May 2017 - West Piney Girls Camp

Ellie and I went up the night before our ward was to help with a service project at the camp.  It was fun to have it all to ourselves...

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie (in the Dutch Oven)

Learning How to Chop Wood

Evening Hike

Torch 2.0

Breakfast

Coming Home on the South Fork Falls

April 2017 - Sky Mountain Ranch - Teton Valley

We enjoyed a frosty night at outside at the lovely Sky Mountain Ranch west of Victor with the Pulsiphers.

Ellie Making Dinner

Grace tending the fire

Dutch Oven Lasagna (feeds two hungry girls and their papas)

Ellie makes a Torch!

Morning Breaks at Sky Mountain Ranch

Ellie's Breakfast backed by the Grand Teton

Yummy Breakfast

Sunshine Breakfast

Old Barn on the Ranch

Ellie in the Attic

Contemplating skull anatomy

March 2017 - Reunion Flats - Teton Canyon

We had just barely enough snow to make it up to our campsite at Reunion Flats.  But we had Teton Canyon almost entirely to ourselves that night.

Getting Ready to head up the Canyon

Almost there!

Dinner at Camp by Candlelier

Sleeping in...

Treasure Mountain

Camping Beneath the Trees

Making Breakfast

Misty Mountains

February 2017 - Bear Gulch Snow Caves

January 2016 Planning Campout - Hancock Cabin

We had a great overnight outside the cabin, and wonderful stay inside the rest of the time.  Friday evening dinner was a potato bar, with homemade ice cream.


We then watched a wonderful and inspiring movie - the Queen of Katwe before heading out to the tents.

The next morning we had the wonderful help of two Cedar Badge staffers - Kelly and Eliza to teach the squad some leadership skills before we began our plan for the year.

We appreciated their presentations on both the basics of being a leader and effective planning.

We then spent the remainder of our time creating a charter for the ODD Squad and planning out the monthly activities for the year - and here they are!

1. Jan: Planning Campout
2. Feb: Bear Gulch – Snow Caves
3. March: Kelly Canyon – Skiing
4. April: Heise Zip Line
5. May: Beaver Dick Park - Canoeing
6. June: R Mountain
7. July: Girls Camp
8. August: Teton Canyon – Table Rock
9. September: Dunanda Falls
10. October: Survival Campout – Packsaddle Lake
11. November: Badger Creek – Ropes Course
12. December: Yurt Campout