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A view of Badlands Rock in the distance from the top of Castle Rock. |
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Cascade Mountain View from Castle Rock. Winds on Saturday afternoon ranged
between 30 - 60 mph! |
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The Holm boys, Spencer (GC’s) and Desmond (RSB’s) explore the top
of Castle Rock lava butte. |
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Nice camp location for a couple of the RSB's overlooking the badlands atop
Castle Rock. |
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Jim Siemens, Lane Powell, and Joseph Schwarz seek a natural Lava Rock shelter
to get out of the wind.
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T21's, Cameron Powell, boiling water ensuring RSB's patrol a constant supply
of hot chocolate. |
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Golden Cobras, John Siemens, having discovered what might be Central
Oregon’s largest collection of Bat Dung, moves in for
a fail safe taste test. |
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Mike Holm the morning of our departure atop Flatiron Rock was met
with unseasonably large snowflakes, followed by sunshine and Kidney
Bean sized (2 – 4 mm) graupel (hail). You know what they say…”If
you don’t like the weather now, just wait :20 min!”. |
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Guided by Scout Master Andy, RSB’s extinguishing their fire,
leaving no trace. |
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Castle Rock fuels a scout’s imagination with unlimited exploration
opportunities. This is one lookout where Joseph Schwarz and Jim
Siemens survey fellow scouts below. |
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Buzzard Patrol cantina. |
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Dragon's Lane Powell perched upon Castle Rock enjoying the breeze under
moonlit skies. |
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Golden Cobra's Eric Leonardo demonstrating safe fire building. |
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The Red-shirted Buffalos that attended probably slept pretty well the night of our return. |
