Coconut Island Camp 2017

Coconut Island Camp 

March 18, 2017

Hi Troop 75 Ohana,

I hope you're all enjoying this gorgeous weekend! We couldn't ask for better weather for our Coconut Island Overnighter. It was perfect! Just enough breeze to keep us cool. And plenty of sunshine to go around. The nights we're nice and comfortable. The experience was indescribable! You'd have to have been there to truly appreciate the beauty and splendor of this Island.

A HUGE MAHALOS to Dan Kiyohiro for organizing and coordinating this memorable Camping experience! I truly hope we will be able to do this again! This Camp ranks right up there as one of the best Camps ever! MAHALOS to all the Scout's, Adult Leaders and Parents for coming out. And Thank You Adults for helping to chaperone the Boy's. We definitely got our monies worth!

The Boy's earned the Oceanography Merit Badge and got an awesome Camping experience! It was a great learning experience for the Scout's and the Adults as well. The Class was very informative and presented very well. We all left with a deeper appreciation of the ocean. And a greater awareness of how important it is to take care of our oceans. Makes you want to go out and join NOAA.

We got the "the three hour tour" of the Island. We saw so many much different kinds of marine life. From Sharks, to fish, coral and crustaceans. The many different research projects going on. The water is so clean, clear and abundant with marine life. The Boy's learned a lot about Plankton. Plankton is attracted to light. They made Plankton Catchers.  And after dinner we went to the pier. To do an experiment on how different colored lights attract plankton. Even a few Adults participated. They concluded that green seems to have the most attraction.

We had a late start on Saturday due to Staffing and technical difficulties with one of the transport boats. As soon as we got on the Island, everyone found their spot and pitched their tent. And then it was off to class. The Boy's had a late Saturday night. Some of them didn't finish until 12:30 AM. But no one complained. We received very good comments from the Staff on how well behaved our Boy's are. And how focused and enthusiastic they we're. They said, "this group is the best group they ever had." Good job Scout Leaders! Great leadership, achieves great things!  

We ended our stay with a nice continental  breakfast on Sunday morning. And we're entertained by the Troop 75 Quartet, Remi Evans, Rustin Kaetsu, Gavin Verzon and Matthew Ogata, singing the Gilligan's Island Theme Song. With Aaron Yoshida providing the music. The Adults couldn't resist, we had to join them. Now we'll all be singing the theme song all week long! LoL!