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2008-2009

In May we went geocaching between Discovery Park and the Ballard Locks.  We searched for hidden "treasure" using Global Positioning Satellite receivers.  Those who participated had a lot of fun.  Many thanks to Mandy and Tim for leading this, and to Geocaching.com for lending the GPS receivers.

Our June pack meeting on June 12 was the last meeting of the school year, was our Blue and Gold banquet to celebrate the past year and pass out awards.  It was held at the usual meeting place, Magnolia Presbyterian Church, 3051 28th Ave. W.  Congratulations to the boys (and their parents) who completed their advancement.

A good portion of the pack went to Cub Scout Day Camp, which was July 8 - 11 at Carkeek Park.  A great time was had by all.

We held our Raingutter Regatta on Sunday September 14 at Ella Bailey Park  It was nice and sunny this year, and a brisk wind helped the boats with fast sailing.

The boys had great fun racing their cars at the Pinewood Derby in Feb.  We also had a fun bowling night in March, The boys beat the parents.

The boys participated in some  joint activities with Pack 80.  These included Wolf/Bear winter camp in December, bicycle rodeo in the spring and Mom & Me Camp in the spring. 

We all had a fun time bowling at Spin Alley.  

Welcome to our new Cub Scouts!   And special thanks to the Boy Scouts of Troop 85 who helped lead the Cubs in scoutly games at the first pack meeting of the school year, and led the first aid training.

We had fun at the Raingutter Regatta even though the rain didn't let  up until we were packed up an ready to go home.  We managed to keep the hot dogs and snacks dry under the canopy.

The weather was perfect for the corn maze trip, nice and sunny without any mud!  We were careful to watch the maps and avoid wrong turns, getting through the maze in record time, so that we were able to do both mazes. 

We had an amazing assortment of pumpkins at our pumpkin carving contest, everybody did a great job.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the litter pick-up along Gilman Ave.   And thanks to Mark for organizing it for the past 3 years.

The Pinewood Derby race was on February 7. This was great fun for everyone.  Congratulations to all the boys who built such great looking cars.

For the March den meeting, the Wolves designed, built and played on their own miniature golf course.  (Photos on the photo page). 

We had another Litter pick-up along Gilman Avenue in May.  This is a good way to help the community, and is actually quite fun too.

In May we also went geocaching between Discovery Park and the Ballard Locks.  We searched for hidden "treasure" using Global Positioning Satellite receivers.  Those who participated had a lot of fun.  Many thanks to Mandy and Tim for leading this, and to Geocaching.com for lending the GPS receivers.

We had lots of fun at our annual Pinewood Derby race.  There were some great cars built by the boys of Pack 85.  Congratulations to all the winners and participants.

The bowling outing was a bunch of fun,  a wide variety of  bowling techniques were demonstrated.

At the May pack meeting  drew our own animated films in the style of Norman McLaren.  Everyone got a piece of film to draw on.  Each piece was spliced together and we all watched the finished product. 

For our Spring service project we continued our ongoing litter pick-up along Gilman Ave.  Thanks to all who helped out.

The Blue and Gold Banquet was at Romio's Pizza, 20th & Dravus.  Beforehand, some of us met in the Interbay Athletic Fields for some relay races.  Everyone enjoyed getting badges for activities and accomplishment.

Some of us went to Cub Scout Day Camp, this July.  It was a blast!  The boys had a great time with lots of fun activities.