Trailblazer 2008

Texas Trails Council

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Trailblazer Adventure Day!

Hosted by Texas Trails Council, BSA

To be held at Camp Tonkawa

FM 89 south of Buffalo Gap, TX

May 3, 2008

A day of fun for the entire family!

Registration: 8:00 a.m. May 3

Activities run: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Download Packet Pack Participation Form Crew Participation Form Troop Participation Form Tour Permit Download Participant Roster Map to Camp Tonkawa

LOTS OF CUB SCOUT, BOY SCOUT and VENTURING ACTIVITIES!

Some of the age-appropriate activities include:

*Archery & BB guns (age 7+) *Shotgun shooting (age 11+)

*Firearm Safety (everyone) *LOTS of demonstrations!

*Grass Bass Fishing Derby (age 5+) *NRA Marksmanship Qualification NEW

*Cub Scout Field Day *Cub Family Camp and MORE!!!

THANKS TO OUR NATIONAL SPONSORS:

COST FOR TRAILBLAZER DAY: $10 per youth, $7 per adult
payable before the event. $13 and $10 at the gate. (everyone must pay)

INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE THESE FORMS TO ATTEND THE DAY. INDIVIDUALS CANNOT CAMP ALONE.

Fee includes: Lunch for everyone paid. Trailblazer patch for everyone paid. Cub Field Day for youth. FREE Gadget for everyone!

Cub Scout age youth 10 years and younger: BB guns, Archery, Grass Bass Fishing derby, all demonstrations, and much, much more!

Boy Scout age youth 11 years and older: Archery, .22 rifle shooting, 20 ga. shotgun shooting, all demonstrations, and much, much more!

Venturing age youth 15 years and older: Archery, rifle and shotgun shooting, all demonstrations, and much, much more!

NEW PROGRAM NRA Marksmanship Qualification program: Earn medals, patches and certificates! Each level for BB gun is $10 for these items, including ammunition. Each level for 22 rifle is $15, including 50 rounds of ammunition. Each level for shotgun is $35, including 50 rounds of ammunition. Earn as many as you can for either Rifle or Shotgun. Pro-Marksman, Marksman, Marksman 1^st Class, Sharpshooter (9 bars available), Expert and Distinguished Expert. Must earn levels in order. Cannot skip levels. You can qualify with BB guns, too!

Cub Scout Family Camp weekend begins on Friday, May 2, with sign-in beginning at 6:30pm Friday night, and continuing through Saturday. All Districts are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be special activities for Family Camp participants! Fee paid by April 30 is $25 for one parent and Cub, $10 for additional siblings or adults, and will include a campfire and crackerbarrel Friday night, a special Family Camp patch for the Cub Scout and parent, lunch for everyone paid, s’mores Friday night at the campfire for Family Camp participants, and includes the Trailblazer Day fee and patch! Don’t forget your Camp Tonkawa camping reservation and tour permit submitted 2 weeks in advance! Late fees apply after April 30. These forms can be downloaded from www.texastrailsbsa.org under FORMS. Family Camp will end at 5:30pm Saturday.

Also offered that day is the Texas Trails Council Pinewood Derby FINALS. Only the top winners from each District race will be invited to participate. Prizes and trophies for the winners! Entrance for the contestant and one adult is free after 2:30pm. Other family members must pay the regular fee. If the contestant and the adult wish to come for the whole day, the fee will be half-price; other family members will pay full price. Late fees apply after April 30.

Cub Scout Field Day activities will be starting after lunch on Saturday, May 3. Sign in for Cub Scout Field Day will begin at 12noon on Saturday, May 3, and activities begin at 1:00pm. Fee for this great event will be $10 for the Cub Scout and includes a Field Day patch for registered Cub Scouts, lunch on Saturday, awards earned, and includes the Trailblazer Day fee and patch! Late fees apply after April 30.

If you camp overnight, we will have a SUPER campfire program, with s’mores for everyone on Friday night!

A well-stocked Trading Post will be open for your convenience.

Packs, Troops and Crews may camp for the weekend, if they fill out and submit camp reservation forms and tour permits in advance. Your unit must pre-register to camp overnight. Sites are available on a first-come/first-served reservation basis only. Overflow and late registrants may have to use the State Park for camping.

USE OF INDOOR FLUSH TOILETS and SHOWERS – these toilets and showers are for adults only. Youth are to use the latrines or porta-potties. There are too many people onsite for everyone to use them, so the indoor flush toilets are for adults only. If this privilege is abused, they will be closed to adults, also. The showers and flush toilets will be closed at 10:30pm Friday night, and will re-open at 7:00am Saturday.

For more information or a map to the event: Contact ALAN EGGLESTON at (325) 677-2688 or email to aegglest@bsamail.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2007

6:30pm    All units register and sign in at Beaver Lodge
              Units prepare their own meal – clean up
              TRADING POST OPEN

8:00pm Parent and leader meeting at Beaver Lodge
TRADING POST CLOSED

8:30pm Campfire Program at Campfire Circle

9:15pm Crackerbarrel at Beaver Lodge
TRADING POST OPEN

10:00pm SPECIAL NIGHT HIKE meet at Flagpole
TRADING POST CLOSED

10:30pm  Units in campsites
              All quiet in camp
              MAIN SHOWERS CLOSED

11:00pm Lights out

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2007

7:00am Units prepare their own breakfast – clean up
MAIN SHOWERS OPEN