Ft. Discovery

It was a dark and rainy afternoon. We drove from SC all the way to Georgia and...WE HAD A LOT OF FUN! Fort Discovery was awesome! We spun in the Gyro, were weightless for a minute, and got a big workout on the bike simulator. The astronomy showing was great. Who has seen Orion, Taurus, Sirius or any other constellations? The chemistry show gets 3 thumbs up! Who knew there were so many uses for liquid nitrogen?!? My favorite part was the "Dinosaur egg." This outing was awesome! I hope we get to go again!!!!

Go to this link to view some photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JoeMadge/SCYMCATrailblazersAdventures?authkey=UvLsXD7sKzA#

Your Historian,
Jolie F-M

Outing to Ft. Discovery

We spent the day at Ft. Discovery, a hands on science museum, in Augusta, GA.

The Dad's Outing

The Dad's had an overnight outing at the Lexington Y. We bowled, ate BBQ at Porky D's, sat around a campfire, and ate breakfast at the IHOP Sunday. We decided that might be how we hold the Dad's Planning Meetings in the future...

Helping with Pastor Pele's Ministry

We did a service project helping out with Pastor Pele's ministry in West Columbia.

http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/YTrailblazersWithPastorPele?authkey=YOaZHkBSeVE

Operation Reach Out #1 (Cayce)
Pastor Pele (269-6708 c; 939-1747 w)
1822 Frink St., Cayce, SC

Information about his Samoan ministry :
http://www.medicalmissions-samoa.com/index.htm

November outing at the Lexington Y

Our plan was to go to camp at James Island County Park and see the lights as we have done the last couple of years, but... With a rainy and windy weather forecast for the weekend, we bailed on that plan and spent a night at the Lexington Y in the cabins. We made spaghetti Saturday night and shot archery on Sunday.

Edisto Outing

We camped at Edisto State Park, explored Botany Bay, and got blown away in the rain!

http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtEdistoBeach

Devil's Fork

We camped at Devil's Fork State Park on the shores of Lake Jocassee in upstate SC. After a 45 minute drive in which I was stuck in the backseat of a packed car with two very loud and hyper boys, we hiked to an overlook for Lower Whitewater Falls Saturday morning. There was a great view on the falls but some people were disapointed at how far away the falls were. We got rained on heavily after lunch when we were ready to go swimming and paddling - the lake needed it as it was 27' low. When we finally got to go, the dads played "throw around a heavy soggy football"and the kids made mud pits (boys) for people to fall in (mostly girls) or swam. After a dinner of burgers we made Dough Boys around the campfire.
Apparently I was the only one to sleep through the large thunderstorm that was right on top of us on the night before we left. After breakfast folks began breaking down camp and heading home. Some of us stopped at the Duke Power World of Energy next to Oconee Nuclear Station on Lake Keowee. The museum part was mostly a a long walk through a loop that had cool stuff on the walls. (I walked through four times!) Our next stop was Columbo's Pizza in Clemson and the Student Union for ice cream. But most of us were too full for the ice cream. :-)

Hannah Broam

Pictures here :

http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtDevilSFork