Venture Crew 2526 - Blog News

Bike Trip to Hiawatha

9/9/2022

Left MSU campus to go to Many Water Campground by St. Regis.
Had a great breakfast of breakfast burritos then on to the Hiawatha bike trail.
Spent most of the day on the bike trail with many tunnels and trestles.
Ate lunch on a trestle. Has a huckleberry shake on the way back to the campsite where we made individual pizzas. People were able to fish Saturday evening.
Left Sunday am for home.

Crew Meeting September 8 2022

9/8/2022

Welcome new crew member Mikhail and dad Jordan! The crew meeting highlights:

Reviewed safety, schedule, food, logistics for the upcoming Hiawatha bike Tier II adventure. 4 youth and 3 adults going.
Practiced canoe paddle strokes and reviewed canoe basics to prepare for next week canoe rescue meeting.
Reviewed upcoming schedule, including the pistol shooting.
Played "3 Things" survival game, which seemed to be a hit and might be something the crew continues. It is a fast game - you can play a round or 2 in 5 minutes - and tests your creativity and survival thinking.

Notes by Betsy - Crew Committee Chair

Crew Meeting August, 2022 Notes

9/2/2022

Planning for the Hiawatha trip on September 9-11
We did the Pledge of Allegiance the Scout Oath and Law.
The discussion about the Hiawatha Trip was started. The crew is going September 9-11. We are Leaving from 600 W. Cleveland off of Harrison by the quads. We are going to meet at 6:15pm and leave as soon as possible.
Drivers are Deana Bailey and Frank Dougher. Members going on the trip are Annika, Bradford and Zac for youth and Frank and Deana as adults. Brant may go as well.
We are going to take sack suppers to eat on Friday night, but the group will stop at a fast-food place for people to get something to eat as well.
We will camp in the National Forest north of St. Regis near the river, close to Quinn Hot Springs.
The crew has decided to Make breakfast burritos for Saturday breakfast with eggs, bacon, cheese, patty sausage and bacon.
Lunch the crew will pack sack lunches and take their own drinks (water bottles).
For dinner on Saturday night, we will have pizza made in the Dutch oven. Annika is bringing sauce and pizza dough, Mrs. Bailey is brining black olives, tomatoes and mushrooms; the rest of the crew will bring other toppings for the pizza that they want to eat. Peach cobbler will be made and eaten for dessert in a Dutch Oven.
Sunday we will boil water and people can have oatmeal or a freeze-dried breakfast that they bring themselves as well as tea or coffee that the members bring themselves.
The crew was given a choice of going over the Idaho Montana border and biking on the Coeur d Alene trail, Swim at Quinn Hot Springs or swim at Lolo Hot Springs. It was voted on and decided after our bike ride, we will go to Quinn Hot Springs and swim.
Costs $32 for Hiawatha bike trail and bus ride back and $18 for swimming at Quinn Hot Springs. The campground we are staying at is free but first come first serve.
The Thursday of September 15th we will go to Bozeman Pond and practice canoe skills. This will help us prepare for upcoming summer events.
The crew voted and decided to not go to Fall Camporee.
The 22nd of September we are planning on going to the pistol range at the Fairgrounds.
Elections for the Crew are going to be on November 10th.
Some ideas for things to do for the summer adventure are Backpack to Shoshone Lake; Climb the back side of the Tetons; we are also going to look into Canoeing at Northern Tier and other places.
Due to the lightning and thunderstorm, we did not go out to work on changing a tire and do bike maintenance.
We repeated the Venture Motto to end the meeting.

If any corrections or changes need to be added to these notes, please comment in the post.
Advisor Deana Bailey

St. James Redecorating Underway

3/8/2022

Now that COVID is slowly (slloowwwly) fading into the background, the crew is meeting and getting plans in place for what comes after. We have a great space at St. James, and a lively discussion of paint color, maps, pictures, status boards, and more happened at the March 6, 2022 crew meeting. The big redecorating - painting party is Sunday, March 20th.

Some ideas were tossed around about summer, and there is interest in a canoe trip (possibly in August) as the summer high adventure. All crew should be thinking about what they want to do this summer and next summer, as well as other fun program ideas.

The next overnight activity will be the Biking with Bison April 1-2, 2022. Check the calendar for upcoming meeting information. Also, you can see a list of upcoming activities here.

Crew Meeting January 17th, 2021

1/17/2021

01/17/21 Meeting

Ski Trip!

Where: Bridger Bowl
When: Jan. 31st
No gear? Look up the ski shop—you should be able to rent! Otherwise, please reach out as some scouts may have gear to lend.
People Attending: 10-14 people (view attendance list)

Scuba Update!!!

Crew 2526 is planning on visiting the Oregon Coast to go scuba diving. During the week long stay at Camp Meriwether (subject to change), there will be some hiking as well! Before this trip, all scouts interested must partake in some basic swim training, getting scuba certified, and at least one open water dive.

Currently: we are in the basic swim training portion. Please read "Swim Conditioning" below for more information.

Swim Conditioning

All scouts looking to participate in the scuba trip should start swimming!
Swimming Goals:
Be able to swim a mile without rest and feel comfortable in the water. Focus is on endurance!
Suggestions:
Set up a swim time with friends or other scouts to stay motivated!
If you can't swim a mile straight, swim for time instead, anything helps!
Important Days/Events:
Crew Practice:
- January 30th
- Bozeman Swim Center
- 9:30 to 10:30 AM
- Erica and Annika will be available to help with swim technique
BSA Swim Test
People Swimming at Bozeman Swim Center:
- Julia/Sean/Brandon 6:00 to 7:00 PM on Tuesdays
- Julia/Sean 9:30 to 10:30 AM on Saturdays

Ice Climbing

February is the best month! But it is plausible in March.
Please brainstorm ahead of time about when you are available during those months. We will be talking about it next meeting on Jan. 24th.

Attendance:
Erica
Annika
Mrs. Eubanks
Brandon
Christian
Mrs. Bailey
Hiram
Julia
Mr. Johnson
Sean
Rudy
Mrs. Merzdorf

Other Events

Scouting for Food on Feb. 6th
Wilderness First Aid
Weekend in April

Crew Meeting March 8, 2020 Notes

3/8/2020

YPT Trip Plan

March 21-22, 2020
Who can go: Julia, Erika, Sean, Rudy, Hiram
Adults: Todd Need to confirm another leader and female too.
Leave Saturday AM - Pick up Sean in Gardiner
Sack Lunch Saturday
Saturday Dinner TBD
Sunday - Erica Breakfast
Sunday - Julia Lunch
Go to the Boiling River
Do an Ethical Controversy
Mammoth Campground Saturday Night

Sunday, March 15
Phone Conference 6 pm to go over details. Julia will set up the details.

Sunday, March 29th - CANCELLED because Conclave.

Attendance:
Julia
Erika
Rudy
Sean
Mrs. Eubanks
Mr. Johnson

Room Decoration Ideas:
FLAGS!!!!
Knot board
Display
Net
White board paint
White board planning space
Map of State Pin map
Dart Board
TV
Pictures of all High adventures
Coffee
Mini Fridge
Logos
Curtains
BIG Calendar
Board games
Green White and some yellow paint
Restain Wood
Rank Board
Max Budget

Will use this as a PROJECT and Mrs. Eubanks will do the project management training. Need time at a crew meeting -45 minutes - as soon as possible. Sean will figure out when to do.

Crew Meeting January 26, 2020

1/26/2020

Notes:

Rudy, Erika, Sean attended

Scout Sunday, St. James February 9th
9:15 am in best uniform
Deana has Scouts to do the reading.
VERY important to have a good showing!

Scout Window
Show up January 30th @ Country Bookshelf 4 pm
Bring assigned items for Yeti Winter Campsite
SEAM - TV and slide show
BETSY - campfire, signs with crew info, small flag, base snow
FRANK - Yeti, snowshoes, other stuff
DEANA -
RUDY - chair

Scouting for Food Saturday, Feb 1
9-11 am Town and Country
Sean and Rudy
Frank, Betsy

Program
Upcoming meetings focusing on the Friday, Feb 28 - March 1 back country trip in Lamar Valley. Stay in Mammoth, Friday Feb 28. Do the back country orientation on Saturday, and then head in. Snow shoes and cross skiing.

Meeting Date and Time Info

Meetings will be 6:00-7:30 pm going forward.
No meeting over Spring Break (15th and 22nd)
March 29th meeting is 5:00 - 7:00 and a CELEBRATION of moving to St. James, Hawaii 2021 kick-off, and and Investment in Character and leadership presentation. Scouts are asked to bring a parent. Family welcome.

Crew Meeting October 20

10/20/2019

Crew Business:
bannock meet 4pm at BHS
kapotes
meal plan. (youth)
friday; dinner; bring your own
saturday; breakfast; Sean pankakes and bacon
lunch; Erica hot dogs
dinner; Julia mainly pasta, fudge
Sunday; breakfast; Rudy begals
Jumptime
6 to 8 pm
class B
admin thing
charter; Aplications, popcorn,
YPT; DO IT!
Halloween; 5-8 PM
story mansion
wilson and college
Court of Honor
Nov 3
St. James, Olive and Tracy
Pistols-Nov 16 Time TBD
Frank is working on range time. More information soon.
Need Pistols.

In addition to crew business, we tried liquid pie (or regular pumpkin pie) and watched a couple of videos on survival.
Notes by Rudy, Crew Secretary

Attendance;
Sean
Julia
Rudy
Erica

Adults - Mr Dougher, Mr Johnson, Mrs Bailey, Mrs Eubanks

September 2019

10/4/2019

This month we had a meeting to plan activities for the next several months and decided to enjoy a final Summer weather adventure. The outdoor adventure was a Paddle – Peddle. We took our bikes to a place in Headwaters Park on the Missouri River, and then drove the canoes and launched them into the Jefferson River. We paddled to the bikes with one exciting moment with a canoe overturning (an adult leader canoe to be precise), and then paddled to the bikes and biked back to the cars. It was a great day, ending with a riverside BBQ with us and the mosquitoes. On the planning side, we decided one meeting a month to have a conference call to focus on planning and make it easier to include members who live further away.
Until next month!

Crew Meeting September 8

9/8/2019

Bike Shake-down and Planning

The meeting started with discussion of the bike trip. After considering 3 ideas from Mr. Dougher, the crew decided to do the event on Sunday, Spet 15 and to do the combination Bike and Canoe activity. See the Activity Page for more details on this event. The following people are coming so far on the Bike/Canoe excursion: Julia, Annika, Sean, Rudy, Christian with Mr. Dougher, Mr Johnson, Mrs. Bailey, and Mrs. Eubanks.

Here are notes from various program and general discussion:

Crew will participate in Scout Show Thursday Oct 3 at the Gallatin Mall. They will do a Moulage Demonstration.
Crew will be haunting the Story Mansion on October 31. We need gravestones and any other props welcome to deck out as a ghost.
Cedar has a work conflict now on Sundays so not sure when he will be participating.
Some meeting may move to Livingston to make it more central to remote scouts. This is a Mr. Dougher idea and more information will come out as we do activities and consider what is best for all.

Bike Shakedown in the rain was fun. Everyone was reminded that a patch kit is an adventure essential, as is a helmet.

Reminder to all new scouts to get an application and and your health form to Mr. Dougher.
Notes by Mrs. Eubanks (until we get a secretary)

Attendance:
Julia
Annika
Rudy
Sean (New Member!)
Mr Dougher
Mr Johnson
Mrs. Eubanks