For this year’s Pack 104 Fall Campout, on September 23-25, we went to Mount Madonna in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Mt. Madonna is a gorgeous county-run park in Santa Clara County. We have reserved the Huckleberry group camp for the pack. Your whole family (and friends!) are welcome to come join us for three days and two nights of camping, hiking, and of course S’mores.

The park has several lovely eco-zones, including redwoods, oak woodland, and grassy meadows. This gem is a well maintained, 4,605 acre park dominated by the redwood forest characteristic of the Santa Cruz Mountain range. To the east, the park overlooks the Santa Clara Valley, to the west, Monterey Bay.

Several of the AOLs went on a horseback riding adventure at Mount Madonna Stables. The scouts had a fantastic time!

More information on the park can be seen at the county website: https://parks.sccgov.org/santa-clara-county-parks/Mt.Madonna-county-park
and in the park’s brochure: https://parks.sccgov.org/sites/g/files/exjcpb961/files/documents/Mt%20Madonna%20Brochure%20Cover.pdf

Sycamore Church’s annual bazaar is on September 18th, 2022. This is a community outreach where people can place orders in advance for delicious Japanese food and also have a rummage sale. (If you would like to order some you can do so here: https://www.sycamoreucc.org/2022-bazaar 

Our scouts will be helping with setting up and distributing food – carrying it to people, cleaning up, etc. There are two volunteer shifts, 12-2 and 2-4. Volunteers are asked to register i

n advance for their shifts with this form: https://docs.google.com/s…sp=sharing

Troop 24 extended an invitation for AOLs to join them on a 5-mile hike. This is a fairly easy hike with the exception of a 600 ft steep section. There were at least 6 AOLs who joined the hike.

The pack completed a short, flat hike around Rodeo Lagoon in Marin on Saturday, September 10 from 10 am to 12 pm.

Pack 104 reconvened after summer break for the first fall meeting. 

The meeting’s theme was centered on disability awareness. 

Each year Pack 104 does a service project to improve Camp Herms. 

Scouts and their families gathered early morning at 9 am on Sunday August 14ths to help plant and spread mulch on the hillside south of the Dogpatch cabins.

Below are some photos taken during the morning. Thank you to all the people who came and contributed to the success of this important project. 

Scouts from Pack 104 met at the Rock Springs early morning for a 4-5 mile round trip hike on spectacular Mt. Tam! It was a spectacular outing. 

Pack 104 scouts met at the El Cerrito Swim Center for the annual pack swim day. 

During this event, scouts discussed water safety, worked on aquatics-related Adventures for their ranks and had an opportunity to try the BSA swim test. Scouting  activities were wrapped up by 2 pm and some families stayed at the pool for some additional play time. Thanks for all who joined us, particularly those who helped coordinate this event day.