Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Welcome to Venture Crew 27

Why Join V27?

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20+ Years of Awesome

Why Join V27?

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20+ Years of Awesome

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Recent Activities

Klondike, Feb. 3 – 4, 2024

On the weekend of the 3rd and 4th, Crew 27 embarked on a journey up north. We sojourned across California to the Sierras. We finally arrived at Dodge Ridge only to find that it was chock-a-block with skiers and the other snow-faring types, forcing us to head back down the mountain to find another spot off the road. Eventually, a location was found, the gear was unloaded, and the process of building shelters began. It was a bad snow year and only about a couple inches or so of snow covered the ground. We were forced to quarry out snow from far and wide to build up the snow for our shelters. When the shelters had been finished, night fell and we enjoyed our dehydrated meals before tucking ourselves into our sleeping bags to hopefully get a few hours of shut-eye. Unfortunately, the universe felt bad for not giving us any snow to build our shelters with and decided to dump a couple of feet on us overnight to make up for this deficit. Thankfully, most of the shelters survived, though some people got a rude awakening with a face full of snow around 5:00. In the morning, the snow turned to rain as the sun came up, and we were forced to leave before everyone got hypothermia. Though all the events seemed like they would ruin a trip, the Crew managed to make the most out of it and have a great time anyway. 

 

Pioneering, Shooting, Camping, Dec, 16 – 17, 2023

In December, the Crew went to Coyote Point for a day of pioneering and pistol shooting. Prior to their reservation and scheduled shooting time, the Crew had a pioneering day in the park and constructed several rolling stars; a device that lashed together 8’ spars in the shape of a star and Crew members to walk on them across a field. The Crew learned how to construct shapes like squares, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons only using rope and wood. 

When the crew finished, they cleaned up and visited the Coyote Point  Rifle and Pistol Club.  We started the afternoon with a thorough safety briefing conducted by club members and then had an opportunity to visit the range and shoot with several different handguns including semi automatics, single and double action revolvers. The crew had lots of fun before heading to the group campground at Memorial Park. 

We arrived at Memorial Park after dark, but it was still early in the evening.  The Crew set up camp and cooked a delicious mac and cheese for dinner and enjoyed a wonderful campfire full of many songs before sleeping in the rain with the park to themselves. The woke in the morning to a bit of rain, yet carried on with our planned service project to help the park rangers pull French Broom and other several invasive species in the park for a few hours before heading home to the Congregational Church of the Peninsula.

By Dominic

Mt. Madonna, Nov. 13 -15, 2023

On November 13th, Venture Crew members took a trip to Mt. Madonna State Park along with the Troop for a three-day camping trip. On the outing, we conducted a trail maintenance service project for the park, clearing and leveling trails near the Tan Oak Campground. We also worked on orienteering skills using the UTS Coordinate system to locate different landmarks in the park. The highlight was the giant carousel pioneering project we completed (shown to the left). This style was said to have been used during fairs and events in Medieval Europe. It could seat some of our smallest members for a few runs. Overall, it was a blast making, and the outing as a whole was great!

By Deniz

Wilderness First Aid, Oct. 22, 2023

On October 22, 2023, the crew, alongside adults from Boy Scout Troop 27, participated in a course to learn how to perform first aid in the backcountry. The course was run by Paratus Institute trainers who gave the group scenarios to work out and practice with. Some members of the group received their CPR certificates upon completing the CPR test and online training. Overall, the crew had a great time learning useful skills for when they go on future camp outs or hikes in the wilderness.

By Dominic

Wilderness Survival, Oct. 6 – 9, 2023

On October 6, 2023, Crew 27 set out to participate in a wilderness survival exercise in Harden Flat. Upon arriving late at night, we went to sleep to start the activity the next day.  Throughout the next 3 days, we built shelters that we slept in, learned multiple ways to start a fire, cooked an egg inside an onion, and many other ways to cook. We also went through a well planned search and rescue activity. One of the final things we did was learn many different ways to find food in the wilderness, including eating Pine Bacon. After all these fun activities, we made it back to the vehicles, and started on our 4 hour journey home filled with new knowledge.

By Zachery R



Ropes Course, Beach, and Camp, Sept. 9 -10, 2023

In September, the crew left from the Congregational Church of the Peninsula at 8:00 am to arrive at Mt. Mermon Adventures for a 9:45 reservation. The crew had a brief safety refresher and was sent to the course. After their adventures in the trees, the crew went to Arcangeli bakery, where they purchased world famous artichoke bread. The crew then left for some quality beach time at San Gregorio. The crew set up a net, kicked off their shoes, slapped on some sunscreen, and played some beach volleyball. That night, the crew slept over at Sam MacDonald Park. The next day was full of volleyball before returning safely to Congregational Church of the Peninsula.

By Dominic

Whitewater Rafting, Aug. 12 – 13, 2023

On Aug 12, 2023, Crew 27 set out for the South Fork of the American River from the Congregational Church of Belmont. Upon arrival at Camp Lotus, we met up with our wonderful river guides and set out down the river. The river ranged from class 1 to 3 with some really fun rapids that we boated through. We stopped along the river to eat a decadent spread of Cheetos, juice, and sandwiches. After lunch, we hit the largest rapids of the trip and were buffeted up down, and across the river. Our river rafting sadly came to an end as we were bussed back to our cars but our trip was far from over. We booked it to Indian Grinding Rock to camp overnight. Some light thunderstorms later we woke up and decided to check out everything else the park had to offer. The site featured models of huts and long houses as well as a large rock face that had small holes ground into it by Native Americans grinding their grains into a meal along the rock. We visited the museum there and learned about their customs and traditions and looked at some of their tools. After the museum we began our trip home, stopping for lunch along the way. An hour or two later we were back at the church where our journey had begun.

Super Trip, June 10 – June 19, 2023

Supertrip 2023 took us to amazing waterfalls, resplendent coastlines, and buzzing temperate rainforests as we drove up through Oregon to Washington, reaching our northernmost point at Port Angeles. Highlights included Burney falls, a massive 129ft tall array of waterfalls, Cape Disappointment, a gorgeous campsite on the Washington coastline, hot springs at one of our campsites, and the Olympic National Park, containing the lush and extremely green Hoh Rainforest. The crew rafted the Lower Lower of the White Salmon river in Washington, as well as the Trinity in California. The Tillamook creamery offered us some delicious cheese and ice cream. Throughout the trip, we played Kuub, ate delicious meals, caught one stove on fire, and had a very action-packed week!
By Diego