The road to becoming an Eagle Scout starts out humbly with becoming a tenderfoot scout. Gabe has made a goal to become an eagle before he is 14. Becoming an eagle requires 21 merit badges, and going through the rank of tenderfoot, 2nd class, 1st class, Star, Life and then Eagle Scout. Since Star, Life and Eagle scout have time requirements he was hoping to attain the rank of 1st class quickly, while working on the many required merit badges. He was finally able to finish his Tenderfoot requirement two weeks ago when the troop went on a campout to the Little Steamer's Train Club. The boys had a great time riding on the trains, and even were able to perform a service project for the club the following morning. This week, we focused on finding wildlife in our neighborhood. We have been actively looking for animals, then hoping they will stay still while we rush for the camera. In addition, we also completed the swimming requirements. We selected the hottest day of the week (this is fall in Southern California, temperatures will range from 60 degrees to 105 degrees), and went to a friends pool to practice swimming and lifesaving techniques. He only has a few requirements left, but among them are two more campouts. Hopefully they will be able to go soon so that he can start the clock ticking on those time requirements! In the meantime, he has finished 11 merit badges, has 3 more nearly done, and 2 more that he is interested in completing. We are really enjoying scouts!
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