July 16-18 Outing - Camping at Mile High

Camping will be at the Mile High Campground (just outside of Maggie Valley, NC on the Blue Ridge Parkway). The Trailblazers have camped here at least two times before.

http://www.campmilehigh.com/Milehigh.com/Info.html

Our excursion outside of the campground will consist of a day trip to the western theme park Ghost Town in the Sky.

http://www.ghosttowninthesky.com/

=======================

Note - the park was closed so we went tubing at Deep Creek.

Pictures : https://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtMileHigh2010#

June 26-27 Outing - Canoeing

Another trip in the books - pictures here :

https://goo.gl/photos/GguWzE6i2L7hN9FZ9 

=======================================================
The plan - canoe on the Broad River from Peak to Harbison and camp in Harbison State Forest.  More details to follow.

http://www.state.sc.us/forest/refharb.htm http://sctrails.net/trails/ALLTRAILS/WaterTrails/BroadRiverCanoe.html

Itinerary :

• Friday night camping / dinner - optional
• Saturday - Breakfast early, canoeing, picnic lunch, canoe some more , Dinner
• Sunday - Breakfast!

May 15 Outing - US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte

The Sanfords and Madges are hosting.  Please let them know if you can attend.  This is planned as a day trip.

http://www.usnwc.org/

============
Pictures : https://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtUSNWC#

April Outing - Fort Sumter

We had a great time and will post pictures soon.  If you have pictures, please send links!

Thanks to the Holmes and Blanchettes for hosting this!

=========================

Pix : https://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtFortSumter#

February Outing - Battle of Aiken

February 19-21

pix :  http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam/TrailblazersAtTheBattleOfAiken2010

http://www.battleofaiken.org/

Since we aren't working BOA has asked we pay $10 per tent for camping.

Menu:

• Friday - Hotdogs cooked over the fire (bring a stick or fork), chips
• Saturday breakfast - Pancakes, sausage and fruit
• Saturday lunch - ON YOUR OWN many vendors at site including BBQ
• Saturday supper - Stone soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, dump cake
• Sunday breakfast - Mike Sanford's infamous grits!, bacon, eggs, fruit

Huntington Beach State Park

When : January 29-31

Where : Directions link
Menu

•  Friday Dinner  - on your own!
• Saturday Breakfast (eggs, bacon, fruit such as oranges, bananas and apples, juice, milk, coffee, sugar and cream)
• Saturday Lunch (meat sandwiches with lettuce, tomatoes, onion, pickles and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches)
• Saturday Supper (chili with onion and cheese toppings, sour cream, crackers and fruit)
• Sunday Breakfast (smokies, pancakes, syrup, fruit, juice, milk, coffee, sugar and cream)

December Service Project

From Keith :

Just finalized arrangements with Pastor Pele for the December service project as follows:


December 19th 9am-12pm at the same location as last year: 1822 Frink Street, Cayce, SC

Service will be the same type activities as last year.  There is tremendous need for food so please bring canned goods.  Pastor Pele also mentioned that he helps kids with Christmas presents that are in troubled situations by trying to get Boy/Girl Christmas gifts.

I know we have been talking about sponsoring families in need for Christmas and this would give us the opportunity to do both. I did not committ to getting presents but said I would ask the group.

Any individual family that wants to supply a boy/girl gift can do so by getting a gift, wrapping it, and labeling by gender and age appropriateness.

Please let me know if you will be attending and how many so I can give Pastor Pele an idea of how many to expect.

Happy Trails,

Keith