Lincoln Boy Scouts Troop 127

Thirteen lucky Scouts, Ian and Mr. Solman, spent seven mostly good-weather days at Camp Storer in Barnstead, NH. Aaron, Walter and Zach arrived in time for dinner Wednesday night, and stayed through lunch on Friday. They took a short field trip to the NH Speedway on Thursday. Check out the photo of the racers.

Apologies for so few pictures - email your shots to waltergundy@comcast.net if you want them posted on this site.

Our first photo is of Mike Chiampa's little brother reacting to Mike's leaving, something we've all felt at some point in our life.

The staff at TL Storer works hard to make learning fun, and earning Merit Badges a pleasure. Here's Adam earning his Woodworking MB:

Christopher and Dennis sit on stumps as they practice whittling.

Bob Brailey shows Mike how to use a leather strop for removing burrs on his blade.

Mr. Brailey helps Dennis get started with his chisel.

Dennis gets it - precision is his middle name.

Chris shows another form of precision, below.

Frank teaches the Shotgun Merit Badge class how to dismantle and clean shotguns.

Michael polishes the stock of this bolt-action shotgun.

Henry and Ben prepare to dismantle this shotgun.

Ben looks down the breech to make sure he's cleaned it thoroughly.

Nate learns to be fastidious around guns.

Peter does his homework for the Shotgun MB.

Three Bikers at Storer.

Three bikers at the New Hampshire Speedway, that same afternoon, in Loudon, 15 miles away.

Ian doesn't race anything he hasn't built himself - here's his most recent accomplishment ready for it's virgin cruise.

Portrait of a paddler

Ian shows Dennis the fine art of campstove priming.

Dennis relaxes at the Dan Beard campsite.

Hi neighbor! Photo by Michael Ciampa

Hi Mr. Solman!

Hi waterfront staff!

Hey, Aaron.

What's up, Mr. Bursaw?

Mike

Thomas

Dennis looks happy to be back in Lincoln.

Not sure about Henry.

Ian has lot's of help unloading the trailer at the Scout House Saturday.

Thom does his part, and is ready to go home and say hello to his dogs. Hope someone fed them!

Troop 127 served the town of Lincoln four ways this Independence Day Weekend. Or should we call it dependence day? The organizing committee and the recreation department depended on us to provide:

-- a sensational float, which, thanks to the organizational efforts of Finbar and Marion, Kathy's banners, the historical spirit of Joe Kerr, and the enthusiasm of a wagon full of scouts, we did.

-- a smooth-running Scout Cafe where hungry and thirsty paraders looking for a cool space to sit down with family and friends could be served perfectly cooked food without delay. Mission accomplished due in large part to the detailed planning and shopping of Ian and Penny, the money handling of Marige and Chris, the food-handling of Jesse and Liz, the expert grilling of Matt, Spike, Will B, Will T, Deron and Doug, and the unflagging food service of Thomas, Alan, Nate, Michael, Harrison, Thom and Ben, as well as the other scouts and scouters who carried burgers from the grills to the tables, kept the lemonade and sodas cold and flowing, cleaned up (notably Mark Elliott on broom), loaded out and carried stuff into the Scout House.

-- a color guard to display Old Glory during the singing of our National Anthem before the fireworks. Unfortunately "we was there but they wasn't" because the public-address system was too weak for the singer's voice to be heard. Nevertheless, eight stalwart scouts held the flag until thanked and dismissed by Recreation Director Dan P.

-- to clean up the litter on the hill left by the folks enjoying their snacks and souvenirs while watching the fireworks. More than a dozen scouts showed up, and it took us only a half hour to pick up the trash and leave a clean field.

Hooray for the heroes of Troop 127!

Pre-loading trailers

These are some of the scouts and scouters who showed up at the Scout House Saturday to pre-load gear and supplies for the Scout Cafe.

Adam slides a table into Jesse's trailer

Brawny arms lash barrels to the roof of Jesse's rig

Ian and David load tables bound for the Scout Cafe

Matt's on fire to grill flesh but needs to wait til Sunday

Aaron cools out

Spike

On the float

Alan waiting for the float to roll

Christopher surrounded by flags, large and small

Walking alongside, handing out candy

Jake and Ben waiting for the return trip

Marion and her flock of floaters

Who's the fellow on the other side of the float, facing away and wearing an original Scout uniform?

It's Eagle Scout Joe Kerr, a big hit with the Troop and the folks watching the parade

A hundred years later, still smiling

Ninety degrees hot and still hasn't unbuttoned his wool shirt

Young Eagle still standing, still waving

That's 92 year old WWII Vet Red Bradley in the front of the American Legion float - Red was interviewed by Aaron for his Eagle Project

Lincoln's Finest

The Scout Cafe

A well set-up kitchen for a smooth operation. . . hi Jack

Pots to boil the dogs

Boca Burgers are pre-cooked here before being browned on the main grills

Spike's no stranger to hot work and long hours

Will's got it down to a science

Will T's been an outstanding camp-cook for a long time

Not as long as this fellow, though

Deron tries his hand at it

Scotty stands beween Spike And Will for some cool, fresh air

Matt and friend at the grill

Customers must put their money down before they get a plate from this guy

A well staffed serving line

Hard to believe that all these dogs and more would all be sold

Harrison displays perfect tong-craft

Thomas, Alan, Nate, Michael, Jesse and Adam at work

Everyone's eyes are closed but Alan's

Nate and Michael lift the covers to . . .

. . . grab burgers for the folks

Adam listens to this loquacious Lincolnite

Will hurls clumps of frozen-together ice cubes at the inside cover of the cooler to smash them apart

Bernard and Kemon at their favorite table at the Scout Cafe - Kemon is our counselor for the Communications Merit Badge, and part of the group that donated The Guido.

John wearing his Wood Badge hat

Not as cool as Thom's, though

Matt slurps sweet goop from the bottom of the lemonade container

Ian couldn't be happier with the operation, or prouder of the scouts who did 97% of the work

Denis contributes muscle to the load-out

and a smile

Scouts and Scouters get it done together

A few hour later. . . . . . . . .

Ben, Christopher, Matt, Jake, Harrison, Michael, Thomas and Adam will be compensated for their dissapointment with T-shirts from the recreation department