April Pack Meeting Celebrates Dinosaur Month
Do you know how big a Tyrannosaurus Rex mouth is?
The boys of Pack 163 do thanks to an activity led by Wolf Den leader Robert Cook. The boys gathered paper pieces scattered around the Brookvale Elementary School multipurpose room and arranged them in the circle. Then, the boys stood inside the circle that is the actual size of a T. Rex mouth. Ouch!!
Pack 163 in T. Rex Mouth
This is one time when standing in a T. Rex mouth is fun, not frightening!
Tiger Cubs Build Dinosaurs!
The whole den and their dinosaur models
April is dinosaur month in Cub Scouts. We made two models of dinosaurs at our last den meeting. One was made from wood and the other was made from thick paper. The boys had a great time, and their dinosaurs looked great!
May 17: Little Yosemite Hike in the Sunol Regional Wilderness Park
Update:
I want to thank everyone that showed up (about 14 hearty souls).
Unfortunately, I had to cancel the hike due to the heat in and around Sunol Regional Park.
I want to thank Mike Vigil for informing anyone that showed up at the visitors center that the hike was cancelled. He was already over there and reported about the heat. The park is wind protected in the valley area and would have been several degrees hotter.
The heat was reported to be over 100+ degrees and I felt it was too dangerous for the cub scouts with the dry heat in the afternoon.
This was the second time this hike was cancelled. The first was for rain, and now for heat.
We will have to make it up some other time.
Little Yosemite Hike
The pack will be going on a Trail Trek hike to Little Yosemite in the Sunol Regional Wilderness Park on Sunday, May 17.
- Meet at the Brookvale Elementary School flagpole by 1 PM as we will be leaving shortly thereafter.
- We should arrive about 1:30 pm at the Visitor’s Center in the park. The hike will begin shortly after arrival.
If you know how to get to the visitors center in the park, then you can meet the group there. There is a small entrance fee for the park, so if you can carpool that would be better.
What to Bring
Please bring sturdy shoes (yes, tennis shoes should be ok).
Bring some water, a snack, a hat, and clothing enough for the weather. Rain will cancel the hike. Bring sunscreen.
Any questions, please let me know.
Robert Cook
Brand new Pack 163 website
If you’re reading this then you probably know that this is a brand new website for Pack 163. I wanted to spend a little time to describe why we’ve changed the site and what we hope to accomplish.
First, let’s remind everyone that Kevin Stephens set up the initial Pack 163 website a few years ago. That site had a lot of features that people liked, including links to photo libraries and a calendar. Most importantly, there was a wealth of information about Scouting, hike information, events, and more. Much of the info from the old site has been incorporated here (or, will be soon…). The old site is archived for your perusal.
One of my main goals for redesigning the site was to make it even easier for families of potential new Scouts to understand what we’re all about. That is why there are prominent Join and Contact tabs at the top, as well as links to current and past events. Our Join page describes the cost for joining our Pack but also where to get uniforms and other supplies, for example.
I also felt the blog format would make it easier for both new and existing families to see “what’s new” and thereby visit the site more often. The inspiration for this comes not from my past blogging or even from my professional experience as a Web Producer. It actually comes from our Tiger Den leader Julie Crossman (my wife) who has blogged extensively. If she can blog about something that is happening in our lives, then she can blog about Den meetings or other events in her Den. And if she can blog, so can our other Den leaders and committee members…
It’s easy to blog and therefore we can hopefully keep everyone in the Pack updated with what happened in the past, what’s happening in the future, and maybe even what’s happening right now. And that’s really the big difference between this new site and the old one: because this is based on a blog platform it will allow more than just the “webmaster” to update the site, which means we have a much better chance of keeping everything up to date.
So, please kick the tires here at the new site. In the coming days we’ll be adding more pages, including the backlog of Trail Trekker pages. Down the line we may have a page dedicated to each Den, too. Please pass feedback to your Den leader or directly to myself (kevin@kevdo.com).