Summer Treks

Renee is out working at Wente, a Scouting America camp, as the lead archery rangemaster. Max came back from Philmont backpacking trip, took a brife break, and went with me to Dominican Republic for the Wheelchair Foundation volunteer trip.

Here is Max with some of his crew mates on the backpacking trip.

We went up to Wente over a weekend to visit Renee. We took her out of the camp and went to a local Chinese restaurant.

The reason that we came back this year again on this Wheelchair Foundation trip is so that Max gets the opportunity to see how people live in some area.

Max got to assemble and put people into the wheelchairs.  Combined with seenig how people live and visiting new countries, we all think trips like this are really valuable.

Graduation and High Adventures!

June was kicked off with Renee's graduation from high school. After that, it was month packed with not just adventures, but high adventures.

 

Renee officially graduated! She will be off to college in August!

Max took off first to Florida for his third high adenture at Sea Base. He has been training for the scuba diving and finally is doing it at the sea where there is clear water!

Here is the group of scouts that he went together.

While Max was out at the sea, Renee and I flew to Lousiana and spent a week at the Swamp Base in Lafayette. This is the first night when we slep on this floating platform.

Before Renee and I came back, Max came home and went out again to New Mexico for the Philmont backpacking trip. As I am writing this blog, he is still out there until Monday evening.

Last Month in High School

 Renee is graduating at the beginning of June from high school!  This month, she is saying bye to her groups as she is preparing going to Rice University.

Max is preparing for his Philmont backpacking trip.

They climbed the mission peak and stayed overnight close to the top. He event got up early in the morning to watch the sunrise.

This is Renee's last rehearsal with her dance group.

It is amazing that she kept up with her dancing all these days and how many hours she has spent on it.

Max joined the national team and through this tournament he scored high enough to present the US team going forward.