Summertime Pack Awards for Pack and Scouts

We once again had an active summer with several pack activities over the summer.  This means that our pack has once again earned a National Summertime Pack Award.  This award is earned by having pack activities during the June through August summer months.

On June 1, the pack hiked Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek.  It was a beautiful day with vistas as far as the eye could see.  Scouts who attended were: James, Nikoas, Xander, Zachary, Ryan and Owen.  Good jobs scouts!



Cubmaster Llata organized a fishing trip to Los Vaqueros Reservoir on June 22. A good time was had by all who attended.  Attending the fishing trip were scouts James, Nikolas and Sam.  Well done boys!

The main event in July was the Muir District's summer day camp for cub scouts with our pack's Mrs. Lang once again serving as camp director.  The camp featured arts and crafts, archery, woodworking, bb gun, flag football, ultimate frisbee and astronomy to name a few of the activities.  Here's Ryan and Zachary on the archery range with our very own Cubmaster Llata serving as the range master.



Scouts who attended summer camp were: Tyler, James. Nikolas, Xander, Leo, Zachary, Ryan and Owen.

The pack wrapped up July with a bowling outing at Diablo Bowl. Although there were no perfect games recorded, scouts Jacob, James, Nikolas and Xander had a blast!

In August, the pack held two events: frisbee golf in Walden park where they have a nine-hole course and a bike ride covering nearly nine miles through Concord and Walnut Creek that included stops at Heather Farms and Arbolado Park. Trying their hand at frisbee golf were scouts Logan M, James, Nikolas, Xander, Sam, Austin A, Ryan and Antonio. The bike included scouts James, Xander, Zachary, Ryan and Owen.

In addition to the pack earning its summertime pack award, the following scouts have also earned their summertime pack award pins for having participated in at least one pack activity each month of the summer: bear pin earners are Zach, Nikolas and Xander with Webelo pin earners being Zach, Ryan and Owen. Well done scouts!

Pack 380 Hike - meet at Little Farm in Tilden Park at 2pm

We have scheduled a Pack hike in Tilden Park.  This will be our first event of the year after Information Day - maybe a chance to meet new scouts joining Pack 380 or interested in checking us out.  Also, if your scouts have friends who might be interested in scouting, this might be a good way to learn more about scouting as our leaders plan on attending this event.

Meet at the Little Farm at 2pm.  Pack a light snack and water.  We will spend some time with the animals and then go on a hike.  You can bring lettuce or celery only to feed the animals.

Here's more information on the Little Farm in Tilden Park:  http://www.ebparks.org/Asset1223.aspx

Here is a map of Tilden Park:   http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/_Nav_Categories/Parks/Maps/Tilden+map.pdf

For any new perspective scouts who plan on joining us, please email one of the leaders listed below:

1st and 2nd Grade:  Chris Llata (arbornut@gmail.com)
3rd Grade:  Alicia Lang (soshark@sbcglobal.net)
4th Grade:  James Lang (soshark@sbcglobal.net)
5th Grade: Casey Emoto (emoto.family@gmail.com)

Pack 380 Tilden Park Hike

It was a great day for a Pack hike.  We had a great turnout for this hike to Tilden Park and the Little Farm to feed the animals.  A great time was had by all!!

Pack 380 Hike - June 24 at 10am

Pack 380 Summer Hike at Tilden Park in Berkeley!

Sunday, June 24th

Meet at 10am at the Lone Oak parking lot in Tilden Park (see map and directions below).

This will be the first of three summertime activities for your cub scout to participate in to earn his Summertime Pack Award Pin.  To earn the pin, a scout must attend three summertime pack events (one for each summer month: June, July & August).  So don't miss this opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and take the first step in earning the Summertime Pack Award Pin!

Please RSVP to your den leader.

Be sure to bring water, a bag lunch and snacks  (and don't forget the sunscreen).

This hike is a 3.1 mile loop and may take about 3 hours.

Directions are as follows:

From CA-24 in Oakland east of the Caldecott Tunnel, take the Fish Ranch Road exit and drive uphill.  Turn right on Grizzly Peak Boulevard and continue to Wildcat Canyon Road.  

Turn right on Wildcat Canyon Road and immediately left on Canon Drive.  

Proceed to the  Lone Oak parking lot next to Blue Gum Group Camp.  

See red 'X' in map below.  

For a larger map of the park, click Tilden Park Map.

Sibley Park Hike

A terrific time was had by all! Highlights included a long steep climb (okay, maybe this part was not too kind to some of us), a rock maze where we found placed mementos, great views of Mt. Diablo and the San Francisco Bay, cows and frisbee-like cow pies, snacking at a picnic table, a salamander that the kids found and returned to its place in the bay leaf tree stand, geologic formations, geocaching (although we struck out on finding caches), Round Top (the highest point in the park at 1763 feet which we scaled), and a welcome cake pop treat at the end of the hike. It was a great day for hiking!

Pack Hike at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve

Interested in working off that Turkey Day feast?

Pack 380 has just the cure for you!

We have scheduled a pack hike at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve.

The plan is meet at a parking lot at the end of Old Tunnel Road on Sunday, November 27, at 1pm.

No worries; there probably won't be any volcanic activity.

The plan is to meet at the parking lot at the end of Old Tunnel Road.  To get to the parking lot:

Take Highway 24 toward Oakland from Concord.
Take the Fish Ranch Road exit just before the Caldecott Tunnel.
Take the exit to Fish Ranch Road and turn left onto Fish Ranch Road.
Take Fish Ranch Road a short distance and turn right onto Old Tunnel Road.
Take Old Tunnel Road where it ends at the parking lot where we plan on meeting.

See this link for a map for the park.

Hope to see you on Sunday!