One week in 2008, six scouts on a desert island. High adventure for five scouts of Troop 87 from Mountain View, California

1. Troop 87
July 2008

2. What is Sea Base?
• One of the three major high adventure camps
in the US
• Multiple programs:
– Scuba
– Snorkeling
– Big Ship Sailing
– Fishing
– Out Island Adventure

3. Focus on Ecology
• Different from Northern Tier and Philmont
• “Island Time”
• “Island Pride”
• Closed Environment:
– Three protected species
– Unique flora
– Bounty on invasive exotics
– Munson Shuffle
– Hot and Humid….

4. MUNSONNNNNNNN

5. The Marina

6. Off to the IslandOff to the Island
5 miles
“2” Polynesian War
Canoe
1 Asun

8. Living RoomLiving Room
Dining TableDining Table
KitchenKitchen

9. Front Yard (pool,Front Yard (pool,
aquarium,aquarium,
latrine…)latrine…)

10. Under the Sea!
DORY!!!

11. FEESHIE!!
!

12. The Very Elusive Key Deer

13. Fred is Sacrificed
There isThere is
no islandno island
withoutwithout
Coconut.Coconut.
Fred
Future Bra.

14. The Mangrove Maze
MANGROVE MAZEMANGROVE MAZE
-2 hrs.-2 hrs.
-3 entrances-3 entrances
-0 exits-0 exits
-a bazillion Red-a bazillion Red
MangrovesMangroves
-and about a 1,000,000-and about a 1,000,000
poisonous Spider Crabs on eachpoisonous Spider Crabs on each

15. Poisonous Cassopeia
TOOTHBRUSH!!!
(Mangrove Pod)

16. Island TourIsland Tour

17. Poison Oak. On
Steriods. Its even
called
poisonwood. “Hey
Asun,tea
leaves…!”

18. The “Before” Shot
The Fabled Hunt

19. The Hunt is on!

20. The Iguana left some
juice on Zach’s and
Austin’s Shirts. Ah the
stench of war.

21. Godzilla!!!Rawr

22. The “After” Shot
munson

23. Shark Fishing

24. Fishing DayFishing Day

26. Our Skipper:
Captain Herb

27. A Fairly Exhausting Day Must hold..on
while… sleeping

28. Zach Approves of
Eating Fish

29. Snagging
Needlenose Fish

30. Cobbler on a Island?

31. The Paddle Back

32. Polynesian Tug-Of-War

33. GayanGayan
SeneviratnaSeneviratna

34. Austin
Welsh

35. Asun
Oka

36. Cyril
Sanoano
ullietulliet

37. Our Fearless Leader, that Zach kid.

38. Thanks to our Adult
Leaders (we wouldn’t
have stopped
Pokemon talks
without you)

39. THE Mighty John Young

40. Leaving Miami on the Tail of a Hurricane