Date: March 4th (Saturday)
Time: 6:30am – 8:30/9:00am
Location: Castro Valley High School (map)
Meet & Pickup: Castro Valley High School parking lot
Attire: Class A
Cost: None
Required: Permission slip due Feb 28th at PLC
Our charter organization, the Kiwanis, will be helping with this year’s Youth 2 Youth conference on Saturday, March 4. This annual conference is for middle school students of the San Ramon Valley and Castro Valley school districts. The Kiwanis will be serving breakfast for counselors and staff before the conference starts and Troop 805 has volunteered to help with this task as this is one of the ways we payback the Kiwanis for their support of our troop.
We need 6-8 scouts to help and will take scouts first come first served. All scouts of the troop are eligible to help with this outing. Also, if you are an Order of the Arrow member we are still looking for a Senior Patrol Leader for the outing.
Contact Mr Matsunaga (925-838-1617) if you have questions.
Posted in Service Project, Troop News
Hi Troop 805 Families,
If you would like a Class B shirt, troop jacket, or other troop apparel, please print the Apparel Order Form and complete page 2 of the order form. Submit your order and payment by Tuesday, February 7 at the Troop Meeting. If you miss the deadline, you must wait another year (and possibly two years for jackets due to the required minimum order quantity). We do not keep extra inventory on hand.
Also, we only have 3 beanies left! First pay, first serve; act fast if you want one!
If you are new to the troop, you will receive one free Class B shirt. On the order form, please write “New Scout” and note the size you want. Many scouts like to have backup shirt(s). If so, write the total number of shirts to order, but only pay the difference.
Yours in Scouting,
Mrs. Grace Dagen
Posted in Troop News | Tagged apparel
Date: February 4th, 2017 (Saturday)
Meet: 7:30am @ Danville Park & Ride
Return: Home drop-off, approximately 5pm
Location: Mount Tamalpais State Park
Cost: $20 (optional Rim of Bay patch $5.50, Mt. Tamalpais rocker $1.50)
Attire: Class B
Bring: Sack lunch, trail food, 2-3L of water
Required: Permission slip due January 31st.
Just north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Tamalpais State Park rises majestically from the heart of Marin County. Its deep canyons and sweeping hillsides are cloaked with cool redwood forests, oak woodlands, open grasslands, and sturdy chaparral. The breathtaking panorama from Mount Tamalpais’s 2,571-foot peak includes the Farallon Islands 25 miles out to sea, the Marin County hills, San Francisco Bay, the East Bay, and Mount Diablo. On rare occasions, the snow-covered Sierra Nevada can be seen 150 miles away.
Join us Saturday, February 4th for Troop 805’s first hike of 2017… the Mount Tamalpais Hike! Round trip to the top of Mount Tamalpais (or “Mt. Tam”) is a distance of 8.5 miles with an elevation gain of 1,081’. Along the way to the stunning views at the top we will see the famous Mountain Theater and replicas of the “Gravity Cars” designed to transport visitors from the top of the mountain to the redwood-filled canyon of Muir Woods using only gravity and a brake!
Contact Mr Evans (cell: 408-828-1547) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged hiking
Date: February 11, 2017 (Saturday)
Meet: 1:30pm @ Osage Station Park parking lot. Osage Park is located in Danville north of Charlotte Wood Middle School at 816 Brookside Drive.
Return: ~4:30pm @ Osage Station Park parking lot
Cost: $0, but participants will need to bring money ($5) for ice cream at Loard’s Ice Cream in Alamo.
Attire: Appropriate cycling clothes; Troop 805 Cycling shirt (or other bright shirt); well fitted helmet; eye protection (sun glasses); cycling gloves (recommended); closed toe shoes.
Required: Permission slip and Mandatory ABC Bike Check on February 7th
An easy, flat 10-mile bike ride to Alamo and back along the Iron Horse trail. We will review cycling rules of the road and will do a quick bike safety check before departing.
Mandatory ABC Bike Check: All participants need to bring both their bikes and helmets to the Troop meeting on February 7th for a mandatory inspection. Our expectation is that Scouts will conduct an inspection for fit, condition of components, and function at home and present us with bicycles that need only minor adjustments. Please contact me if you need to make other arrangements for this mandatory inspection.
Parents are responsible for transporting their son and his gear both to and the staging area at Osage Park. Bring water to cycle with (bottle in cage or a hydropack), sunscreen and energy bar(s). We need adults to support this outing.
Rain: February is in the middle or our rainy season. Be prepared for light rain and/or fog. In the case of projected heavy rain, I will send an email out a few days prior to the event to communicate any event changes.
Contact Mr Carstensen (cell: 510-731-7513) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged cycling
Date: February 25-26, 2017 (Saturday – Sunday)
Location: Carson Pass & South Lake Tahoe
Meet: Saturday 6am @ Danville Park & Ride
Return: Sunday ~5pm @ Danville Park & Ride
Cost: $95. Includes cabin, snowshoes, transportation, permits and all meals (except Saturday sack lunch).
Attire: Snow gear
Prerequisites: 7th grade scouts and above.
Important: Limited to 12 Scouts and 4 adults, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Required:
Introduction to snow camping in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We will learn basic snow camping skills, such as proper equipment, staying dry & warm, building snow shelters, and snowshoeing. We will be in the snow at Carson Pass during the day, and spend the night in a cabin at South Lake Tahoe. Sunday we’ll go for a snowshoe before returning home.
Note: With the emphasis on safety, the schedule of this outing may change or even be cancelled on short notice based on snow levels, weather and mountain conditions. (We are retaining the option of shifting the outing to Sunday/Monday if weather requires.)
Mandatory Meetings:
01/17 (Tu) – Permission slip and payment due
01/24 (Tu) – Training (equipment) – for scouts & parents
01/31 (Tu) – Meal planning
02/07 (Su) – Equipment check
Please review the snow camping information on our website here before the Training meeting.
Bring:
– Saturday trail lunch in gallon Ziplocks – no paper bags
Contact Mr Gary (cell: 925-518-9896) for questions.
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Dates: Saturday – Sunday, March 25-26, 2017
Meet: Saturday 8:30am @ Danville Park & Ride
Return: Sunday 5:00pm @ Danville Park & Ride
Cost: $80 includes whale watching, transportation, camping, and all meals
Attire: Class A for travel (and bring Class B)
Required: Acknowledgement of Risk form and Permission slip due TBD
An afternoon of Whale Watching with the Oceanic Society in Half Moon Bay. The annual gray whale migration is one of the world’s most magnificent and accessible wildlife spectacles. Each year, thousands of gray whales migrate from their summer feeding grounds around Alaska down to Baja California and back. Their migration pathway follows closely along the California coast, providing us with outstanding opportunities for coastal whale watching in Half Moon Bay.
Afterward, we’ll head down the coast to beautiful Butano Creek in Pescadero where we’ll sleep in cabins (25 per cabin), cook, and (weather permitting), see some banana slugs (maybe Mr. Screechfield can teach us the Banana Slug Song!) on a hike.
Contact Mrs Wong (925-525-0345) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged camping, whaleWatching
