Area 51

Area 51 is an airforce base maintained by the US government for development and testing of advanced aircraft. Reports that it is also a government center for the storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft are strictly urban legend. Nevertheless, the Camp Planners advise Den Leaders to do careful nosecounts of campers when entering and leaving this area. We want no unplanned alien abductions.

Our Area 51 will have water and air rockets to keep the scouts amused while the staff help them build and fly a small scale model rocket based on a badminton birdie. At District Daycamp we'll be taking racquet sports to new heights. If your camper attended last year's daycamp and if his/her rocket is still in one piece, bring it along to this year's camp and we'll fly it.

Why do we do rockets at Daycamp? Because the Camp Director, Al Magnuson, is a committed born again rocketeer and scouting is about sharing the things you enjoy with kids.

A Born Again Rocketeer (BAR) is a person who started out in model rocketry in their "younger" days, dropped out of the hobby for some reason and then came to their senses and got back into it.

Activity Staff

Troop 123 will be running the launch area for the second year in a row. Several Boy Scouts will help the campers prep and launch their rockets.

The Camp and Program directors strongly deny the rumor that the boy scout assistants will be wearing dealy boppers to fit into the activity theme. We weren't able to find them on ebay.

We're looking for a crafty person, sound of lung and limb, to lead construction of the birdie rockets. Don't worry, these rockets are easy enough for even parents to build. The parts are all precut and the rockets are assembled using low temperature glue guns.