Noah in the Middle

I went camping (again) with my scout troop.We left at about nine o clock, drove the 8 to 10 hour drive into Georgia, and then went to the swamp. We got there at around ten, and had to camp at one of the mosquito- infested campsites. I’m not kidding, the mosquitoes were 3 times the size of the ones here, and there was about 5 times more of them. After we woke up and had breakfast, we went to the water, unloaded our gear and canoes, and canoed to Mixon’s Hammock. We carried all of our stuff on a path that was a quarter of a mile long then went backand forth until all our gear was at the campsite. We pretty much just set up our tents and lounged around for the rest of that day. The next day we woke up and planned where we were going. One group was going to Billy’s Island,and the oether group was going up the river somewhere. I don’t know exactly because I was going to Billy’s Island. We started out going up the river to the island, and then we stopped halfway to regroup. When we finished, my dad had a very smart idea. He decided to see who was carrying all of the adults’ lunch. Apparently my dad was also the one that volunteered to carry the adults’ lunch, and he forgot it. They debated whether to go back for it or buy lunch at the dock store, and the second option won. We went there, bought lunch, and decided (correction, the adults decided,) that we were going to the island anyway. We got there, walked around, and then headed back. Later that day, I ran about 2 inches away from an alligator that I didn’t see. The next day, we headed to Suwanee Sill.It was easy on the way there , but hard on th eway back because we were against the current. On Wednesday we packed up, left, and drove back to Knoxville. El fin

I am a very sick boy. I had cold sores on the sides of my mouth but they turned in to a rash. On Thursday I had a stomach virus and threw up a lot. Now I have strep. So send me lots of get-well cards and videogames and stuff. =)

Everybody was sick at school with the dreaded FLU!!! So they’re giving us until Monday to get rid of it! YES!!!

SCHOOOOOOOOOOOL”S OUT! FOR! THE WEEKEND! (na na na na na na na naa naa!)

WHOOHOO!

I’m back from caving! I think it was very fun and other people should go too. We got in the Church van, ate dinner at Fazoli’s, and then got lost… Timothy, Blake, Tommy, my dad, mr. Mccold, Scott, Cody, Phillip, Daniel, Mr. Brett, and I all went. After we had all packed up in the morning, if we had left then we probably would have gotten back at 10:30, and then we wouldn’t get to go on our always-important luncheon. So we decided to climb Raccoon Mountain. For a long time it was about 50 degrees upward. Now that was hard! I was ahead with some of the other boys and got almost to the top before the adults got there first. The reason they caught up with us is because we were going the wrong way and trying to scale a rock wall about 100 feet high. Meanwhile, everybody else was going on the path and finding it much easier to get to the top. It was very much fun! You should try it too!

I’m going caving next weekend with my scout troop. I hear that last year all the kids went on the hard course. There was two little kids and one of them ended up having to go home in the middle of the night with a broken wrist. That doesn’t really help my confidence… But anyway, it still sounds like fun. But don’t fear for me, for I know that you all don’t want me to die or fall or break my neck or… Never mind. My mom just asked me to stop. But anyway, this time everybody in my patrol (the newest patrol but still the most awesome) is going on the beginners so there won’t be any deaths or blood or organs or… darn it , my mom’s still watching me. But still, it sounds like fun.

I’m back! It was very fun, and at one point we had to squeeze through a hole about a 10 in. in diameter- on our back! After that, we had to crawl through Midget Madness, a tunnel shaped like a trench that had a low roof and even I couldn’t put one leg in front of the other! I had to sort of gallop my way it. Did I mention it was 30 feet long? Anyway, I had to climb up and down a rope, cross a tunnel that in the middle of it was a thin canyon that stretched down to reach even 20 feet! Some people had to carry their bags inside for about an hour and a half (WOW!) until they finally got to their campsite. Luckily for us, we were only a little ways in. I can’t wait to go again!

Last weekend I went skiing with my dad and my boy scout troop on Sugar Mountain. One person in my troop went snow boarding. He got into a fistfight with the mountain. The mountain won. (He broke his wrist and had to go home when we got back to the campsite.) Phillip, Tyler and I took a lesson. By the time the lesson was done, we only had enough time to go down the beginner slopes once before it was lunch. I fell once at the beginning because a snowboarder fell right in front of me and my friends went ahead. Then my dad helped me up and we talked for five minutes or so, then I went zooming down the slope with my dad behind me, trying to tell me to slow down. About halfway down I found Phillip and Tyler; both of them had just fallen. I almost ran over Tyler’s handhold stick or whatever it’s called on the way past them, but I lifted up my ski went over it. Then I continued my rapid ascent to the bottom where I finally stopped and found out that my dad had been chasing after me the whole time. Then he said that it was lunchtime and I should go eat. So I went and looked for everybody else for about fifteen minutes or so, then I found them at one of the picnic tables behind the resort. After lunch I put on my skis and went down the intermediate slope. I got off at the first stop, about halfway to the top, then quickly skied down to the bottom. I was scared-I was going faster than I did on the beginner slopes, and I was once again passing everybody else. when I tried to stop on the slope, I couldn’t. I could stop at the bottom without crashing to stop, but it was still pretty scary. It was fun, though! I went down it a few more times, then once I decided to go the second stop. When I got off, I went speedily down the slope once again- although this time there was one difference. I crashed. I guess I was leaning forward too far, because I went rolling slash sliding down the mountain for about 30 feet. That was probably my favorite part. There was a snowboarder on the side of the path taking a rest, and when I fell, he said,”Dude, that was gnarly!” I fell once later on, but it wasn’t as big as this one. I want to go snowboarding next year!

The Boy Scouts have started selling popcorn! (mmm… Popcorn…) My brother Tommy is a Scout too and he and I have been in three booths-together on every one. But I’m okay with it! If you want popcorn go to Kroger or Bi-Lo or wherever. Eventually you’ll find somebody whose selling!

…..TRAILS END IS THE BEST POPCORN IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m selling Boy Scout Popcorn.(YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!) First,my teachers. Then, the neighborhood.Then, THE WORLD!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like chocolate milk.=)

youtube.com
Dragonfable.com

Battleon.com

Mechquest.com

Deadawaken.com

They’re all really good websites! (VERY fun!)

I watched the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra! It was kinda boring, but still fun! I made friends with a guy named Max. He’s the director’s son. And I’m tired! I’ll write more tomorrow. See you later!

Back again!

My mom made me dress up. (sigh…) The theater was really fancy. I was pretty much the only kid there except for the directors son. I got to have coke and crackers. I met the director and the soloist (awesome!) at the PRIVATE              Bloggers Reception!

All in all it was very fun!