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Ceasar's Creek

This week there were two events, a meeting and a campout.   The meeting was D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).   Deputy Mary Walsh from Claremont county police came in with a drug sniffing dog to talk about drugs.   After that we had senior patrol leader nominations, the two nominees are Alex S. and Justin D. The campout was at Ceasar’s Creek State Park which has a very large lake and hiking trails.    On the campout, the crews going to the Boundary Waters canoed 8 to 10 miles on Saturday.   At one point, we also had to portage or carry our canoes over land. The people not going to the Boundary Waters went on a hike.   Sunday those canoeing paddled about 2 miles back to the spot they put in at on Saturday morning.

Learning to PaddleThe meeting was on canoeing and campout planning. We learned about the different strokes and when they are used. They main stroke for the front is a power stroke, where you put the paddle in front of you and pull it back behind you. The main stroke for the back is the j stroke, to do the stroke you move your paddle in a J shape.