What: Camping at FDR State Park, Wild Animal Safari, and Little White House (Warm Springs)

 When: Friday, March 19th – Sunday, March 21st  (19th is an early release day!) 

Where: Pine Mountain, GA FDR State Park. Pioneer Campsites 1, 2 & 4

 Directions

Directions from SHARON ELEMENTARY to Pioneer Campground at FDR State Park, Pine Mountain, GA:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=3595+Old+Atlanta+Road,+Suwanee,+GA+30024-1173+(Sharon+Elementary)&daddr=GA-354+E+to:32.850642,-84.813852&hl=en&geocode=Fa9eCAIdESD8-iG5piEOiLf7SymJDwt1Kpr1iDH3AFYxpolOwg%3BFSJB9QEdpKbx-g%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1&sll=32.849885,-84.815054&sspn=0.023579,0.038409&ie=UTF8&ll=33.57115,-84.482117&spn=1.496624,2.458191&z=9

Directions from Pioneer Campground/FDR State Park to Wild Animal Park:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=32.851759,-84.81205&daddr=Wild+Animal+Park,+Pine+Mountain,+GA&geocode=%3BFS8W9gEdDizw-iGFCNKmZvrtGSmbwI0AllTziDEsCm__8kFagg&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=32.866323,-84.839087&sspn=0.047149,0.076818&ie=UTF8&ll=32.869928,-84.866638&spn=0.094293,0.153637&z=13

Directions from Wild Animal Park to Little White House, Warm Springs. Note: There are a couple ways to get here, but we recommend this way, as it takes you across the top of Pine Mountain, and the views are spectacular:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Wild+Animal+Park,+Pine+Mountain,+GA&daddr=32.8406363,-84.8092496+to:401+Little+White+House+Road,+Warm+Springs,+GA+31830-2157+(Little+White+House+Historic+Site)&geocode=FS8W9gEdDizw-iGFCNKmZvrtGSmbwI0AllTziDEsCm__8kFagg%3BFbwb9QEd3-nx-ilZhoc4-VDziDFzgPyipNZ4HA%3BFXnA9QEd29Tz-iHCugljqJ9dBSn1Spnkrl7ziDHeWr0sCeq-TA&hl=en&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=32.873532,-84.802094&sspn=0.188579,0.307274&ie=UTF8&ll=32.865458,-84.787331&spn=0.188596,0.307274&z=12&via=1

 Additional Information:

Plan on a 2 hour drive time under normal conditions...rush hour not included.

Mike Baker will be checking in everyone and getting parking and bathroom passes....come see Mike to get them when you arrive!

Mike will be marking the Pioneer Campsite entry with signage and balloons to make it easier to find. In case the gate is locked...the code is 2002. The lock is old, so keep trying it. Mike will leave it open for an easier arrival, but can't garuantee that the park rangers won't close it.

Remember we have campsites 1, 2 and 4....plenty of space. Mike will be arriving early Friday morning and will be setting up at Site #2...so you can find him.

Activities:

Saturday, March 20th – 10:00 Wild Animal Safari

This is a unique, hands on experience with over 600 exotic animals! Expect to pet and feed many animals in the open range, guide bus tour of the park.

Cost – Adults: $19.00 Kids: $14.75 Prices are all inclusive

Includes park admission, guided bus tour, souvenir cup of food for the animals and lunch

When confirming your attendance please make lunch selection – hamburger, hotdog, cheese pizza or pepperoni pizza. Drinks – Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Hi-C, Lemonade

www.animalsafari.com

Saturday, March 20th – 2:00 FDR "Little White House", Warm Springs, GA

A guided tour of the Little White House and the warm springs.

Cost – Adults: $6 Kids - $4

http://www.gastateparks.org/LittleWhite

Note: The campsite is considered primitive – Outhouse and spigot for water. Plan accordingly.

There is a bath house available for a $3 per person daily fee

Registration:

Confirm your attendance and your meal preference with your Den/Patrol Leader

Please make all payments with one check made out to PACK 415. We will pay all facilities with a Pack check to cover all attendees.

Deadline to make your confirmation is MARCH 9th!!!

QUESTIONS: Contact Mike Baker at 404-483-3129 or Eric Rivard at 404-713-8212

Get Ready, Get Set, GO!!!!

The 2010 Pinewood Derby Race will be on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at Sharon Elementary, from 9 AM to 12 PM.

All cars MUST be checked-in on Friday evening, February 26th, from 6:30-8pm at Sharon Elementary.

Refreshments will be available for a very small fee.

Scouts are expected in their Class A uniforms.

Remember, siblings and other relatives are welcome to compete!

Good Luck!!!

The racing scales will be available at the January 21st pack meeting, for those who wish to test the weight of their cars. Note, the official weighing of the cars will occur on reigstration night, this is for test purposes, only.

*** See the Forms and Event Flyers for the Official 2010 Pinewood Derby Rules from the N.E. Georgia Council. Cars must qualify in order to race! ***

Directions
Scoutland is located on Lake Lanier near Gainesville, Georgia. From I-985:

• Take Exit #16 to Highway 53 West. Follow Highway 53 for 2.2 miles.
• Turn right onto McEver Road (and stay on Highway 53). Highway 53 dead-ends at Dawsonville Highway.
• Turn left and continue 3.9 miles to Sardis Road.
• Turn right and continue to first intersection.
• Bear right (this is still Sardis Road) to stop sign.
• Continue 0.6 mile on Allison Road.
• Turn right and continue to Looper Lake Road.
• Turn right on Looper Lake Road and continue 0.6 mile to stop sign.
• Turn left and follow the road into Scoutland.

Address:   3672 Looper Lake Road, Gainesville, GA 30506

We had another successful round-up on Thursday evening. 41 Scouts registered with the probability that there will be 45+new Scouts by the end of this week. We formed two new LARGE Tiger dens, One Bear, One Webelos I and One Webelos II. We also brought on 3 new wolves and they will become part of one of our existing Wolf Dens.

Thanks to all of the leaders who attended as you each helped in a way that I can not always explain – I can only say thank you. Thanks to Sean Nicholason who hung in there through some tough paperwork until 10pm.

Our Pack will hit the ground running at about 115 Scouts this year….WAHOO!!!!!!!

Our first event will be a "Back-to-Pack' camping trip on August 22 – 24. For more details, please refer to the event flyer at this location

The newletters distributed during the pack meeting are now available online. To get the latest one, or check out a older one, simply login with your user name and password, and go to the Forms and Event Flyers section. If you missed a meeting or did not get the paper copy of the newsletter, this is the place to go.

This section can only be accessed by registered users.

We hope that you will check the electronic version regularly, and hopefully, we will be able to save some trees.

Our photo album has not been updated in a while. If you have some photos from recent events and would like to publish them on the pack website, make sure to provide your favorite shots to your den leader or the webmaster.

Thanks