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Winter Camp XLIX Suggestions for Gold Rush
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This list is of activities and meals which have either been specifically proposed for this theme or which could be adapted to this theme.
To add to the list, the easiest thing is go visit Gold Rush and add things.
Suggested Activities
- 10-Gallon Hat Relay
- You have to fill the hat to win the race.
- Attack The Fort
- Take the shore batteries me hearties!
- Beeline Hike
- Walk as straight a line as possible
- Brands
- Make a brand for camp then use it to brand some of our gear.
- Build A Steam-Powered Device.
- Build a steam-powered device.
- Campfire
- Complete with skits and the like.
- Can Shooter
- Knock down cans with rubber bands.
- Cattle Drive
- See if we can get the Ranch's supply of cows to come home.
- Chewy Checkers
- Participants are given a bag of candy which will be their pieces when playing checkers. If you capture a piece you can either add it to your collection or eat it. At the end of the weekette, the most pieces wins.
- Clearwater Stampede
- Multi-event game with a western theme.
- Drop-Off Hike
- Get dropped off and hike back
- Fair Trial
- A mock trial for the murder game.
- Forgery Contest
- Practice signing a different name.
Best fake claim takes the strike! - Hat Making
- Build a Seuss inspired hat.
Best 10 gallon hat wins. - Jail
- We build a jail then put people in it if they're scofflaws
Someone's going to have to go to jail. - Labor Contest
- Who can work the hardest the longest?
Probably pick something mining related like digging or swinging a pick or panning for gold. - Lasso Contest
- Try to Lasso for points.
A little stretch but still western. - Orienteering/DDA
- Compass course.
