Waiting for the Race.

Brett, Luke & Micah visit at the mall while they wait for the cars to race at the 2008 Thunderbird District Pinewood Derby.

Let's watch the race.

Cameron & Micah are in the front row, with their dad and sister sitting behind them.

Cameron's car getting ready to race.

Cameron's car is the Salmon in lane 2.

Micah's car preparing to race!

Micah's car is on the right.

Thunderbird District Pinewood Derby 2008

Brett Layer, Micah Gale, and Cameron Gale attended this years District pinewood derby. Although the races started over an hour and a half late, fun was had by all. Out of 31 racers, Cameron came in 11th for the Wolves. Micah brought home the third place trophy for the Webelos. And Brett came in at an incredible 9th for the Webelos. Brother Gale looked at the time for the cars and said that most cars came in at 2.6????? seconds. They were competing by hundredths of a second. All in all it was a great day.

Webelos Conservation Project

Despite snow in April, three Webelos from pack 494 showed up to help make Dupont beautiful. Miles Robertson, Brett Layer & Micah Gale enjoyed spreading beauty bark around trees and the garden bed at the park in Edmonds village off of Center Dr. They also put their skills with a shovel to work as they strained to dig out grass and weeds from around the trees. After having some yummy hot Coca, they counted the rings on a fallen log. Mr. Estep is going to mark the rings with historical events so that residents can see how big the tree was when that event occurred. I have pictures of these fine boys working, but have temporarily misplaced them. I hope to post them soon.

Conservation Requirement for Webelos

The Webelos need to participate in a conservation project for their Outdoorsman badge. This badge is a requirement for their Arrow of Light Award. We will be participating with Dupont's park and trail beautification project Saturday April 19th. I will announce the time and place to meet.