Eric continues to serve as our ward’s Scout Master and YM 2nd Councilor. This is a real treat as he has had the opportunity to serve as a leader to each of our boys during their years in the Young Men's program.
Currently Carson is in his quorum and reaps the benefits of having the best scout master in the world. Eric is consistently getting the boys out each month for an overnight. In June the scouts spent the night at Beaver Bay on Mt. Saint Helens and then went spelunking (caving).
You may be familiar with the Ape Caves, a nationally recognized cave system on the slopes of the volcano. It was named after a group of boy scouts (the Ape Patrol) that discovered the cave in the 1940’s.
Our scouts have actually discovered a little known and visited cave about a half mile from the Ape Caves. They call it the “Hidden” cave, well named as it always takes time each year to find it again.
Eric and fourteen of his scouts climbed, squeezed and toiled their way through the one hour trip to the bottom of the caves. They would have gone further, but ran into an underground lake that prevented any further trekking. It was a fabulous trip.
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