One of the Greatest Gifts a Father can give his Son or Daughter is Time spent together.
The Wilderness Scouts and Princesses gathered to kickoff the new season at Centennial for the annual pool party
Jumping skills were very impressive….
Water slide shenanigans
Climbing and waterworks…
Group fun with reunited friends around the school year…
Spring is a wonderful time of year; all of nature colorfully wakes up from it’s cold hibernation and kids dream of the end of the long school year. This merging of endings and beginnings are unified in the Park Ridge Wilderness Scouts and Princesses Spring campouts, the last of the three each year, which allow for a re-charge for the next year for those continuing, but also a chance to bid a heartfelt good-bye to those who will be launching into new adventures.
For this event, the Iroquois journeyed up to the Dairy State and landed at beloved Camp Minikani for the last big hurrah of the 2024-2025 season. There, they enjoyed the great outdoors…
…competed in the Tribal Games…
…took advantage of Camp Minikani’s activities: Climbing Wall, Archery, High Ropes (yup, that’s our Fed Chief up there)…
…ran all over the camp for our Plate Hunt (watching out for those sneaky double-ups) and tapped their creative energies in the Sculpture Design…
…whilst Dads sought culinary glory in the big Campout Cookoff (where everybody who eats ultimately wins)…
As with all campouts, we had our Fire Council where the Nation’s Leaders shared their wise words; also, with it being the end of the year, there were some transitions – a new Fire Starter and new Tribal Chiefs…
The weight of the night was felt with some tearful moments, where our graduates were recognized for their many years of involvement, one Princess received the SPARC Award (Special Princess Acting Responsibly in the Community) for service, and a couple of graduating Dads were designated as Navigators, an award reserved for those who have gone above and beyond in contributing to the PRWSP organization.
As an exciting finally of the weekend, the Campout Belt was captured by the Powerful Powhatan whilst the 2024-2025 Honor Tribe trophy went to the Mighty Crow.
Thank you to Camp Minikani for a fantastic weekend and to all in the Park Ridge Wilderness Scouts and Princesses for making this time-honored tradition an event to remember.
As we bade farewell to Summer and embraced the onset of Autumn, we returned to beloved Brookston, Indiana for the gathering of the Tribes at the Iroquois Fall Campout. Camp Tecumseh conspired with Mother Nature to provide us with the perfect environment for event, where many things took place.
The girls expressed their creativity…
…strove for greatness…
…and soared to new heights…
…whilst dads relived those glory days.
We also trained in proper pyrotechnics…
…dialed in proper aim…
and honed the craft of scaring people out of their wits…
and got to wag our tails.
Our leaders brought wisdom’s great light; the Tecumseh staff brought the boom-chicka night…
and we probed depths from which we could only hope to return.
It was a lovely campout and a solid start to the Iroquois 2024-2024 season. Thank you Camp Tecumseh!
Just as the jubilant month of July was adjourning in 2024, our Scouts and Princesses (and a few frivolous fathers) enjoyed some serious sliding, splashing, and snacks at the Centennial Aquatic Center.
Some struggled through the shoulder stressing cargo net and subsequently celebrated success…
…whilst others harvested their happiness in hoops and hobnobbing.
But let us not languish in the last little allowances of the Summer, but alternatively anticipate Autumn’s amusements in the advent of the 2024-2025 season!
The Mighty Iroquois made our annual trek up to the land of cheese, brandy, and rather successful football franchises to the fabled Camp Minikani, nestled in the lovely town of Hubertus, WI.
Evading devices, cities, and maternal surveillance, we experienced nature close up…
…participated in the games, hosted by the Powhatan, as well as a pick-up, cross-Tribal game of Gaga Ball…
…constructed nature sculptures and hunted plates spread throughout the camp…
…salivated as the chosen Tribal grillmasters squared-off in the annual cookoff…
…and gathered at the Council Fire ceremony where we heard wise words one last time from our outgoing Chiefs and welcomed the new ones into our midst.
One princess was recognized with the SPARC (Special Princess Acting Responsibly in the Community) for her generosity with her time and efforts. Two other princesses who won the Fall and Winter patch designs received the plaques displaying their creations.
As is our custom in the Spring, it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to some our our graduating long time super elders who will be venturing forth into that crazy plane of existence which we can only refer to as “high school”…
All in all the 4 Tribes had a great time, ending the year with a bang, and we look forward to next season’s start in the Fall!
Thanks Camp Minikani, we love you, no FIB’ing 🙂
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