T140 recently held their elections for new Troop leadership positions, and the results are in! Please congratulate the Scouts on their new roles.

Senior Patrol Leader – Josh Rueben

Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders – Everett Morrison, Ben Ramaker, Ben Mair, & Lucas Unruh

Troop Quartermaster- Collin Frysinger.

Over Spring Break, Troop 140 had a special “mini-high-adventure” trip to West Texas to visit the famous Big Bend National Park. See pictures from the trip below!!! 

The Troop traveled on the Amtrak train between Houston to Alpine, an adventure all on its own. Scouts did everything from mountain biking, ghost town tour, canoeing down the Rio Grande, and a one-night backpacking trip to the South Rim of the Basin.

Furniture Drive at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church

See attached images for more details.

T140 had wonderful weather & trail conditions for the mountain biking campout at Double Lake Recreation Area near Coldspring in the Sam Houston National Forest. The Scouts shredded the trails during two rides, one at ~6 mi and the other for ~8 mi (video for second ride: Relive). The campsite & pineapple upside-down cake were awesome too.

T140 took advantage of the long MLK weekend to go farther afield…. The Troop camped at the Blue Hole Regional Park in Wimberley and ziplined on the highest and longest lines in the state. The excellent park facilities, from the playground to the fire ring, were enjoyed by all. Next time, we’ll go swimming.

Pack 1402 of Sienna held their Arrow of Light ceremony on January 14th. T140 representatives were on hand to welcome them as they “crossed over” from Cub to Boy Scouts. We look forward to several of the boys joining T140.

December’s campout included a Scout favorite – .22 rifle shooting! The range at Camp Karankawa has new target holders thanks to the Troop’s own Scott Unruh, who rebuilt them as a Wood Badge ticket.

The Troop also helped the camp with a conservation project – clearing brush from the horse corral.

A number of T140 Scouts went to Camp Karankawa for Fall Camp the days prior to Thanksgiving.  In addition to straight merit badge classes, the camp also offered special program tracks, from Science, to Search-&-Rescue (SERT), and Mountain Man.  The Scouts completed several merit badges apiece and enjoyed the cool, clear weather in addition to maybe the best camp food ever!

T140 hosted 9 Arrow-of-Light Webelos and parents for Thunder Wolf District Webelos Woods at Camp Mauritz.  The Troop put on the Webelos Activity of Earth Rocks, a geology-focused elective taught by our own Mr. Piwowar.

T140 ended up winning the Archery shoot-out with Will Vogt and 3 AoL Webelos.  We also took home the biggest prize, Campsite Inspection!  The entrance gate with moveable arm built from poles & lashings sealed the deal.