Scouting Family Camp 2025

Every year the scout troop participates in "Family Camp" with the younger Cub Scout troop.

Our whole family attended Family Camp this year and had a great time together seeing what the boys get to do during their camping experiences with scouts.

Typically, family camp is designed to create a sense of "family" between the Cub Scouts and the Troop 464 Scouts. It's not, as the name might suggest, a time for all families of the scouts to go camping together, unless you're a Cub Scout. It's really the Cub Scouts and their families and the Troop 464 older Scouts, but not with their families. But this year, we went anyway, and the Scoutmaster, Mr. Marcellus, approved our family sleeping in our own family tent in the scouting area, rather than having to camp with the Sub Scouts, none of whom we knew, since all our boys are in Troop 464. Thanks, Mr. Marcellus.

Camp Easton, Coeru d'Alene, ID sign post

Emily in front of the lake in the morning before breakfast

ducks on the lake.

There were 3 families swimming around together.

The boys conducting the morning's flag ceremony

Kai and Dad work on the map and compass station

Dad helps Emily and the younger Cub Scouts to figure out how a compass works and how to follow the lines.

Building a fire together

Mom and Emily built their fire and got it lit.

Cotton balls an vaseline work as great firestarters.

Kellen and Dean teach first aid, and everyone got to build their own mini-first aid kit.

Owen working with younger Cub Scouts on tying knots.

Emily and her little group smelling Ponderosa Pine trees and identifying local plants and plant life.

Field Games and milling around

Kai and Dad on the trail through camp.

Beach and lake time in the afternoon

Kellen teaching fishing and knot tying.

Owen doing his own fishing and stretching.

Emily and Dad roasting up their own Wolf-'ems.

Owen helps fill them up with cherry pie filling, chocolate pudding, and vanilla pudding.

They're called wollf-'ems because the scout just wolf'em down (meaning they eat them super fast, cuz they're so tasty).

Emily is so excited for hers to be completed!

Look at her cheesy grin! Silly girl.

All finished! It's the best!

Kellen got his wolf-'em done, too! Cherry it is.

Kai roasting his wolf-'em over the fire.

Afternoon field games with the little girls all playing together.

Emily makes friends so easily and fits right in.

Kai getting some field games and lollipops in.

Emily with her camp friend

Dad resting

Owen... moving...?

Scouts hanging out together.

Scouts from the troop together in the mess hall together

End of camp- all Cub Scouts (and Emily) together in front of the totem pole

And Emily eating breakfast with friends.

Emily found a heart rock!

Last night campfire and skit session

Emily loves the view and the breeze

The Scouts retired some worn out flags in a small ceremony...

...which was cut short because it was really windy and the fires were getting too big.

On the way out, Emily found a wild bunny!

Yay, bunny