Just 19 days to go until we leave. Hope everyone has a good Independance Day week-end, then there will be only two weeks left.

These are some good looking patches. They all turned out quite nice and will look good on our hats and uniforms. They will be ready to be passed out at our next (and probably last) meeting on July 10.

I got both the patrol patches as well as the hat patches today. They look good and we'll plan on handing them out in a couple weeks.

Troop meeting this Sunday at 7. Don't forget your chairs for shipping. Also bring your cards, dice, and other casino goodies.

At our troop meeting this Sunday May 2, we will be handing out the Jamboree and Troop 947 patches, as well as backpacks and dufflebags. We will have a discussion about equipment and finalize patrols.

I have set up and plan to use my phone to text updates to the blog during the Jamboree.

JSP!!

Better posting it late than never. This is a draft of our JSP. The full color final version will be ready for our meeting on Sunday. I think this will be a great patch.

Now about the patrol patches. I think that in keeping with the theme of Valley of Fire, the patrol patches should be red (like the rock) with a petroglyph of the patrol name. By doing that, we can open our choice of patrol name to more than just features of the Valley of Fire. It will merit some discussion on Sunday. We'll need to have all our patches ready for turn in to the Jamboree council by December.

See you all on Sunday.

Captain Jack