Turkey Campout - 11/21-22/08

By Pam Jorgensen -
Scout Troop 582 had their FIRST annual Turkey Campout the weekend before Thanksgiving. Our ward in Albuquerque (the fabulous Bandelier Ward) has done this for I think 8 or 9 years now and it's something Scott really misses. So he decided to convince the troop here to start the same tradition. They go up the night before and have a light dinner and some campfire fun. Then the next morning is a light breakfast to save room for the FULL Thanksgiving Lunch they all pitched in to make! There were all the trimmings...stuffing, green bean casserole, potatoes...and 2 turkeys! One was cooked in a reflective charcoal "oven" and the other deep fried. All of this was cooked camp-style over the fire in dutch ovens and such. It was all amazing and they even had enough food to invite some from neighboring campsites to join them!
We hope this is the start of a GREAT holiday tradition in this GREAT ward (the amazing Shamrock Farms Ward)!!

Scott teaching the scouts (Mitch, Peter, Bonner and Brayden) how the reflective charcoal oven works

Preparing the fryer...or frying his arm

Brandon and Josh make sure Scott doesn't blow up the turkey while lowering it into the oil

It's working!

Bro. Shepherd pulling that yummy turkey out while Scott and Brandon stand by

The spread...it was a great success and we hope that more come to enjoy the festivities at our 2nd Annual Turkey Campout in 2009

Comments

Trish said…
I'm so excited for Nevan to get to do this next year. You'll have to get Scott to convince Shane that camping is a good thing first, though.

What on Earth is Scott doing wearing white at a campout? Crazy man.
December 9, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Cheryl J. said…
So his shoulder (hopefully) is feeling a little better?? That's cool that Scott got that going in your ward!
December 13, 2008 at 7:11 AM
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