<div dir="auto"><div>Sorry for the double email tonight. I need to add that we also have tickets for Talladega available with the main group instead of starting a second group. Please respond ASAP if you'd like to sign up.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 8:33 PM Josh Cooley <<a href="mailto:jbcooley@cooleyhome.com">jbcooley@cooleyhome.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There are 2 weekends for backpacking coming up. The smaller group will be finalizing details this Monday. If you would like to join us, be sure to sign-up and participate in planning.<div><br></div><div>See below for more upcoming dates. In particular, we need an estimate of the number of campers for Camporee. Please mark yes instead of maybe if you think you might attend.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM Josh Cooley <<a href="mailto:jbcooley@cooleyhome.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jbcooley@cooleyhome.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It's time to start planning for upcoming camping dates. We have dates in the troop calendar through April.<div><br></div><div><b>February Backpacking</b></div><div>We have 2 or 3 groups going backpacking in February. Our main date with 2 groups is at the end of the month, and if we have interest we will have another option for a group to backpack President's Day weekend.</div><div>Feb 28 - March 2: Backpacking with 2 groups. Max registration 20 including adults</div><div>Feb 15 - 17: Backpacking 1 group: Max registration 10 including adults</div><div><br></div><div>We are planning routes in Sipsey Wilderness with a group size limit of 10, so each group will plan their own trails.</div><div><br></div><div><b>March Camporee</b></div><div>March 28-30 @ WestMoreland</div><div>We will be attending camporee at Camp Westmoreland. The troop will need to register soon. Please RSVP in the troop calendar so we can submit a headcount for our registration. If you might attend, please mark yes and we can adjust our numbers down later.</div><div><a href="https://advancements.scouting.org/calendar/event/6035780" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://advancements.scouting.org/calendar/event/6035780</a></div><div><br></div><div>A little further out, but we have already started planning</div><div><b>April Talladega Race</b> </div><div>April 25-27 is the Talladega race. We've purchased our first batch of tickets. We plan to purchase a smaller second batch of tickets. Please send me and Kristy Smith (<a href="mailto:kristina.l.smith1@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kristina.l.smith1@hotmail.com</a>) an email if you would like a ticket in this second batch. The number of tickets will be limited to the group size we can support. We can use more adults to attend this event.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope everyone can have some fun outdoors in the upcoming months.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours in Scouting,</div><div>Josh Cooley</div></div>
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