Partial list of past program highlights:
2009Cherry Valley Summer Camp
Kern Hot Springs Backpack (68 miles)
Death Valley - January 2009, including Badwater & Racetrack
2008
Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico (Trek 5, 57 miles)
Emerson Summer Camp
Backpacking: 57miles Philmont, Cooper Canyon, San Gorgonio (Dollar Lake, day hike to peak)
Highest elevation: 12455, Baldy Mountain, New Mexico
40+ hours on trains (including Amtrak being towed by an old Santa Fe locomotive)
2007
22 nights available camping
11 miles backpacking
23 miles Bicycling (Santa Ana River Trail)
Whitewater Rafting on the Kern River
Chawanakee Summer Camp
Backpacking Bear Creek
Hume Lake family camp
Shooting Sports MB at Calico
2006
37 nights available camping
35 miles Backpacking
1 new Eagle Scout: Andrew C.
Canoe Trip Colorado River - Hoover Dam tour / launch
Summer Camp Lost Valley
Summer Camp Cherry Valley
Backpacking: San Jacinto (hi/low-tram), San Gorgonio (Dollar Lake), West Fork San Gabriel bike-hike
Won the Philmont lottery!
2005
2 New Eagle Scouts - Michael
Garten (attending Biola - Philosophy/Religion) and
Robert
Berson-Gallegos (UCR-ME)
37 miles Backpacking
33 nights camping
Over 200 hours of service to the community & Lost Valley BSA camp
Backpack/ tour Mammoth Lakes Region including Mono Lake, Mammoth mountain (ok, ski lift), Rainbow Falls, Devil's Postpile...
Joshua Tree Rock Climbing
Mitchell Caverns & Mohave Desert Preserve (including a course on where not to drive mini-vans)
Summer Camp at Emerson Scout Camp - Idylwild, CA
Several Training Hikes including San Jacinto Wilderness, San Gorgonio Wilderness, Switzer Falls
2004
34 nights camping (tent), 41 (mixed - non tent)
31 Backpacking miles
Canoe Adventure Colorado River Blythe to Yuma
Sierra Nevada Backpacking
Death Valley car tour - Scotty's Castle, Badwater, Ubehebe Crater, midnight swim
Service Projects including fence building at Loch Leven Camp & Conference
2003
2 Eagle Scouts - Mark Janeway (Fullerton College), Thomas Kim (US Army, Korea)
Arroyo Seco Backpacking & frog catching (& escape)
Calico Ghost Town/ Shooting Sports MB
Fiesta Island (for the Scouts & adults who went around an island, it's not an island...)
2 Eagle Service projects
37 miles Backpacking
33 nights camping
Over 200 hours of service to the community & Lost Valley BSA camp
Backpack/ tour Mammoth Lakes Region including Mono Lake, Mammoth mountain (ok, ski lift), Rainbow Falls, Devil's Postpile...
Joshua Tree Rock Climbing
Mitchell Caverns & Mohave Desert Preserve (including a course on where not to drive mini-vans)
Summer Camp at Emerson Scout Camp - Idylwild, CA
Several Training Hikes including San Jacinto Wilderness, San Gorgonio Wilderness, Switzer Falls
2004
34 nights camping (tent), 41 (mixed - non tent)
31 Backpacking miles
Canoe Adventure Colorado River Blythe to Yuma
Sierra Nevada Backpacking
Death Valley car tour - Scotty's Castle, Badwater, Ubehebe Crater, midnight swim
Service Projects including fence building at Loch Leven Camp & Conference
2003
2 Eagle Scouts - Mark Janeway (Fullerton College), Thomas Kim (US Army, Korea)
Arroyo Seco Backpacking & frog catching (& escape)
Calico Ghost Town/ Shooting Sports MB
Fiesta Island (for the Scouts & adults who went around an island, it's not an island...)
2 Eagle Service projects