Friday 10/11/13 started our weekend of camping at Lake Lanoche with the Cub Scouts. Camp Lanoche is located in the southern part of the Ocala National Forest – about an hour from our house. This was our first cub scout camp-out, so we weren’t sure what to expect. We were planning to stay through Sunday but ended up leaving late Saturday night because we couldn’t keep the ticks off our bodies. The only events for Sunday were breakfast, the flag ceremony, and church. We already did several flag ceremonies so we were ok with skipping this one. The weekend was fun, but exhausting – especially for me because we left literally one hour after my plane landed from a week of working in Tulsa, OK and I was already tired! There were tons of activities as you can see in the photo with the Saturday schedule. All in all it was a great weekend; Jacob had a total blast and I captured many of his adventures in photos here. Click the thumbnails to see a larger image or to flip through the gallery.
This was our tent.
We had a magnificent back yard!
Here’s the back of our tent, we left it open most of the weekend.
We were the only ones that didn’t bring our own tent, oops! Next time.
We headed to the main area and searched for the dining hall.
Dinner was… bleh. Next time we’ll bring our own food.
After dinner we watched the sun set over the lake.
A calm evening before the chaos begins.
Friday night the kids got all sugared up with marshmallows over the campfire.
Saturday morning we woke up and scoped out the schedule. Oh boy.
This is one VERY full day!
First stop…
The shooting range.
After a safety course, the kids shot BB guns at targets.
Jacob did very well and enjoyed every minute!
That camera bag weighs a ton.
Jacob loved tug-a-war!
Check him out, motivating his team!
This time he decided to be the anchor.
Cheese!
Then wall-climbing. Challenging!
Jacob did well.
They threw tennis balls at velcro targets.
And played basketball.
I love this picture!
Goofball.
We returned to the tent to change clothes. Ugh – TICKS!!!
Archery was fun, but Jacob didn’t hit the target (hay bale) at all.
Another scout helped him with his form.
These are the older scout’s arrows.
Then to a bounce house!
Aaaaand swimming.
Then a break to climb a tree.
Everything was fine until he saw his first spider.
Back to the bounce house – I was tired 3 hours ago, and he’s still going strong!
Back to the camp site for another wardrobe change – Halloween costumes.
I joined in on the fun (sorta).
After picking off several ticks, we decided to pack up and leave after trick-or-treating.
We saw a beautiful owl at the start of the Halloween festivities!
LOL!!! Sorry – It was a busy weekend!! We actually did about twice as many events as what I photographed! Yeah, exhausting weekend for sure.
Looks like an awesome time that needed a recovery period afterwards. Great pictures too!
Cool! I went there many times for summer camp as a Boy Scout, great place!
Thanks for this! Really thanks! My son is a cub scout and will be going to his first camping trip to this camp location in a couple weeks (practically the same time frame as this article dated). My wife and I haven’t been camping in a while and definitely not with kids or boy/cub scouts so its nice to see. We can even get some ideas as to what to expect from pictures. Thanks again!
I got tired reading all that!
LOL!!! Sorry – It was a busy weekend!! We actually did about twice as many events as what I photographed! Yeah, exhausting weekend for sure.
Looks like an awesome time that needed a recovery period afterwards. Great pictures too!
Cool! I went there many times for summer camp as a Boy Scout, great place!
Thanks for this! Really thanks! My son is a cub scout and will be going to his first camping trip to this camp location in a couple weeks (practically the same time frame as this article dated). My wife and I haven’t been camping in a while and definitely not with kids or boy/cub scouts so its nice to see. We can even get some ideas as to what to expect from pictures. Thanks again!