Time to get your 10 essentials and backpacks prepped for a fun and challenging intermediate backpacking trip in Whitewater Canyon 10/28 - 29. Whitewater Canyon is a blending of desert, coastal and mountain environments and lies in the southeastern tip of the San Bernardino Mountains north of I-10 in the San Gorgonio Pass. The Whitewater River, formed by runoff from snowmelt and springs from the San Bernardino Mountains, flows year-round through the canyon toward the city of Palm Springs. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity and sign-up by 10/16! 

Attention Scouts! If you have a chess board and pieces, please bring it to the 10/16 troop meeting. We are going to finish up work on the Chess merit badge in the meeting. See you all then! 

Want to visit national parks, go backpacking, river rafting, fishing, archery, ride ATV's, body surfing, canoeing and much more?! Then check out the attached 2018 Troop 1613 calendar with a mix of trips to the mountains, deserts, beaches, lakes and rivers. 2018 is going to be a blast so we hope y'all can join us!

We have a few updates and additions to the Troop Calendar. Please see attached updated 2017 calendar that reflects the following: October Intermediate Backpacking Trip has been moved to 10/28-10/29, 10/30 meeting has been revised to be a Troop Halloween Event Meeting, 11/27 is the Webelos Transition Expo at the Yorba Linda Community Center and 12/2 will be the Carbon Canyon Reg. Park Day Hike & BBQ with Webelos who are interested in visiting our troop. The two Webelos events are a wonderful opportunity for us to meet prospective new Troop 1613 members and their families so let's make sure we have a great turn out for those events. Yours in Scouting!

Attention Troop 1613 Scouts - Nominations for Troop and Patrol Leadership Positions will take place on 10/9 and Elections will take place on 10/16.

This Saturday, 9/16 at 8:00am, Troop 1613 will be participating in the CA Coastal Cleanup with the Surfrider Foundation at Huntington Beach. This is a great community service project to support our environment. All scouts and families to please wear your troop t-shirt and/or sweatshirt and arrive at 8am. We will do beach clean-up first, then have a Troop BBQ afterwards. Feel free to bring fun beach games/activities as we will have some fun family/troop time after the clean-up. Please see attached flyer from the Surfrider Foundation and be sure to let the parking attendant know that you are there to participate in the Surfrider Foundation Beach Clean-Up. Enter the beach parking lot at Huntington Street and PCH. This is the beach area right across PCH from the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort. The Surfrider Foundation tents will be set up on the beach right near Jack's Beach Concessions & Bike Rentals and the Troop will have a tent set-up close-by. Yours in Scouting!