• We will be meeting at Extreme Ski & Sport (Jersey Pools) on Stokes Road, Medford on Thursday evening between 6:00 and 7:00.  This will be the only opportunity to get your skis, snowboards or other larger items like cots to Eric Smekal (Zack's Dad) so he can take them up to Vermont in his truck.  Please meet us there between 6 and 7 so that we can get that cargo situated in his truck.  Eric is planning to leave the area at noon on Friday to head up to Vermont so if you don't get items you want him to carry to him before then, you'll have to accommodate them in the car you'll be traveling in.  Space for bags and cargo will be very limited so we request that you meet us to get these items situated with Eric on Thursday evening.  Eric also will have some limited room for duffels or other bags in the cab of his truck.   
• Eric and Zack will be arriving early in Vermont on Friday at Woodstock Union High School to stake a claim on a good space for us to set up our cots, air mattresses and sleeping bags.
• We are planning to leave Medford to head up to Vermont no later than 3:15pm on Friday.  Please arrive at Medford Methodist immediately after school lets out, and be ready to go. 
• Please bring spending money for a meal on the way up on Friday evening, lunch on the slopes on Saturday, brunch on Sunday and dinner on the way home Sunday evening.
• Pack light but remember enough winter sports appropriate clothing and layers for skiing/boarding on two days.  Don't forget extra socks and gloves as they tend to get wet and may not dry out enough Saturday night.  Helmets are required for the boys as troop policy!!  Please don't forget them.  Contact Matt Stiles (609.654.2034) or either Evan or Thomas Priester (609.714.9654) if you'd like to borrow a helmet.  They have extras.
• Remember there are gang showers in the high school for Saturday night.  Boys should bring bathing suits with their toiletries so they can shower.  Also a Ziploc for holding wet items for the trip home.
• If you have not yet provided me with a Parental Consent form and Code of Conduct (attached) signed by each boy and their parent(s), then have it for me on Friday afternoon before we leave.  
• Guests of the troop that are traveling with us to Vermont will have to each fill out a BSA Scout Application to have on file during the trip.  This is required for insurance purposes.  These applications can be obtained from Mr. O'Conner (856.988.1606).
• For the Drivers, I have attached the directions that we will be following to get to Vermont.  Those directions contain the addresses for both the resort at Okemo and Woodstock Union High School.  Also included are mobile phone numbers for each of the drivers.
• Return will be late Sunday evening.  We will have the boys call in route when we're getting close.                 

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:16 PM
Subject: Scouts - Okemo VT - Ski Trip Attendees

 

Attached is the list of attendees for the Okemo Trip.  We are going to be tight for space to accommodate all the boys and cargo.  Eric has agreed to use the bed of his pickup to hold all the skis and snow boards (no one is renting at Okemo so we will have a load).  We'll need to get creative to carry the remaining cargo.  If you can hold a car-top carrier, please consider that.  If we could find one more driver, with a SUV, van or truck, that would make it a lot easier.  Please ask around to see if there are other adults that might consider going.  

 

I'll have more information on the logistics soon.  We're looking at an early Friday afternoon departure.  We'd like everyone to be at the Methodist Church by 3:00pm for a departure as early as 3:15pm.  Directions and more info to follow...  

 

Thanks!

 

Woody

Updated SKI TRIP info - Jan 31, 2007

Hello everyone!

I spoke to Paul tonight and have more information about the Troop 26 ski trip this weekend that I wanted to pass along. 

Paul O’Conner may or may not be along with us Friday night (TBD).  If he does, he most likely will not go with us to the slopes on Saturday but, it looks like Ed Martino will be with us and most likely on the slopes on Saturday to assist the boys with the Snow Sports merit badge.    

For the trip up Friday evening, we should be fine from a space perspective (drivers and gear) and have plenty of room for the boys in our cars. We plan to grab a fast food dinner on the way up and will have snacks and cocoa/coffee for later in the evening.  We’ll be staying in small cabins that each have bunks, running water, a stove, and (indoor) toilets.  We’ll bring a few cots just in case.      

We have discussed two options for Saturday evening.  Either leave the slopes between 4:30 and 5:00 to head back to the cabins for dinner and overnight stay, or allow the boys to stay on the slopes till 6:30pm (Shawnee has night skiing) and then hop in the cars to head home.  We’ll obviously make that decision before we leave the cabins Saturday morning to head over to the mountains. (if any parents have concerns with a Saturday evening return, please let me know!)   

Depending on our decision about staying Saturday night or not, we’ll plan for Troop meals, a dinner Saturday evening and two breakfasts, one Saturday morning and a quick one for Sunday morning.  Other meals will be paid for by the boys on the way up(and back) and in the lodge for lunch on Saturday.  Please make sure the boys have enough spending money to pay for two or three meals.   

We're planning to leave from Medford Methodist Church at 5:45pm Friday evening.  We’re asking everyone to have the boys to the church by 5:15pm!!  Please make sure your son has a signed permission slip with him to save time.  The permission slips are found on the website: http://www.troop26bsa.net/information.htm .  We should have almost perfect ski weather this weekend!  Snow showers likely Friday evening and then sunny conditions on Saturday with a high of about 35 degrees F.   Make sure your boys dress warmly and bring appropriate clothing for skiing on Saturday.  Overnight lows will be well below freezing.  Link to weather:   http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/ski/weather/tenday/717008?from=today_mapBubble_ski

Any questions, please call me at 856.296.9991.  Thanks!

Woody