January 22, 2011 was another one of our merit badge trips to a school called St. Benedict in Cordova. It was a 1 day trip where they fed us lunch and offered each scout 2 merit badges. Some of the merit badges offered at this were Emergency Preparedness, Electricity, Engineering, Citizenship in the Nation and World, Inventing, Geocaching etc. Scouts also had a choice to take 1 all day merit badge like Cycling. Most merit badges were almost completed in at the school with some requirements to do at home.

In December 27-30, 2010, 7 scouts and 2 adults of Troop 73 went to a winter camp in a camp called Kia Kima where they offered many merit badges like Citizenship in the Nation and World, Camping, First Aid, Astronomy, Carpentry, Communications, Rifle Shooting, Archery and many others. We stayed in our own tents and all our meals were served in the mess hall. Despite some rain and cold days our troop had a great time doing activities and working on scout skills.