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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Ranch Roundup and Carmel Beach (September 2015)

One of the annual scout events my troop does is volunteer at the Carmel Valley Ranch and Saddle Club's annual Ranch Round-Up. It's a great chance to get our boys of of the city/suburb and get their hands dirty.

But the real treat for me is that this year my ladies drove down on Saturday to enjoy the events themselves.  We had a great time!




Art projects - decorating stick horses, horseshoes, old trophies, and picture frames.

There were also lots of games and activities for the kids, including a parade and a race on their new stick horses

Champion horse-back rider, Evette.

There was also a silent auction with a lot of cowboy themed memorabilia, and then there was this gem.

A handful of my boys and fellow leaders.



And then after the ranch round-up we decided to visit Camel's world famous beach. Despite the dreary weather, man, that was worth it. Beautiful, soft white sand...

Heidi and Evette built an awesome sandcastle, complete with several tunnels. Evette was so proud of herself

And then we buried Heidi right where she was sitting.

And built another sandcastle with tunnels
Touching in the tunnel!

And then of course we had to go play in the ocean. It doesn't count as a beach trip unless your feet get wet, regardless of the weather.



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