From Left to Right
Row 1: Kyle Bl., Alex (C-179), Jeff, Joel (T-179), Carter, Michael, Miles, Chris, Harrison, Quincy
Row 2: Tinh (C-179), James, Garrett, Andrew, Frank, Hari, Andrew (C-179), Gurpal, Ido, Kyle Ba., Kyle W., Sam
Row 3: Tom B., Joseph, Jake, Big Tom, Paul, Rebecca, Brandan L., Leigh, Bruce L., Val H. (C-179), Derrick, Nick
CAMP HI-SIERRA is the privately owned property of Santa Clara County Council, Boy Scouts of America, and is located at an elevation of 5000 ft. within the Stanislaus National Forest. The history of the property is a rich heritage of Miwok Indian summer dwellings, early homesteads, and the Cold Springs sawmill site for the Standard Lumber Company.
Troop 179 photo session kicks off a weeklong Hi-Sierra summer camp that runs Sunday July 15 through Saturday 21, 2007. Scouts can earn "Merit Badges" and sign-off for "Trail to First Class", participate in Skills of the Day at each "Program Area", advance within the tribe of Hi-Sierra, participate in high-adventure program such as "Mountain Adventure" and "Base Camp" (for more experienced campers), and of course to have a lot of fun.
The general store where scouts can buy ice cream, soda, candy and snacks ($0.25-$1.00/each item), merit badge books ($4.00/each), CHS Classic Watch ($20.00), Henley T-Shirt ($20.00), CHS Ceramic Camper or Leader Mug ($5.00/each), unlimited Rifle Range Shooting Pass ($12.00 only for merit badge participants), unlimited Shotgun Shooting Pass ($15.00 only for merit badge participants), and lot of miscellanous scout related items (prices vary).
"Handicraft Program Area" - leatherworking, basketry, and pottery
"The Nature Center Program Area" - all things involving nature
"Scoutcraft Program Area" - knots, orienteering, camping skills, cooking, etc.
" The Waterfront Program Area (Aquatics)" - swimming, canoeing, rowing, etc. The North Fork of the Tuolumne River flows through the camp and provides this waterfront lake of endless enjoyment.
" Foxfire program area" - metalworking, Indian Lore, Mountain Man, etc.
"The Archery Range"
"High Adventure Program Area" - The Climbing Wall
After orientation camp tour and other medical checkup procedures, scouts get ready to move to their campsite
All participating troops gather with summer camp staff (Venturing leaders in green shirts) for flag ceremony at the end of the first day and get ready for first dinner of the week.
Scouts must drink a lot of water, a lot of water, and a lot of water during the summer camp, and obviously they did very well on the first day. Look at their pitchers and glasses on the table. Good job, big guys!
Here, scouts are eating with a Scoutmaster that serves as the chaplain of the Hi-Sierra summer camp.
Pleasant faces with completely clean dishes. After the dinner, the photographer asked a participating adult camper as scout parent (in grey shirt, father of Nhu-Hao) if he enjoyed his meal and had any comment. "A little better than my wife's (chị Mười) cooking!" he replied with a big smile to his ears, then whispering, "I only say this to you at this time and at this place, but her dish "Cháo Lòng" (Vietnamese beef porridge) still stays number ONE, unbeatable".
Happy faces! They must be well fed and happy with first delicious meal of their week long summer camp.
"Dinning Hall" - Scouts need to take their hats off at entering the hall, except the staff to show the respect.
What a great time to have dinner with fellow scouts from other troop that makes us thinking scouting is indeed a global brotherhood. What a feeling!
Hang nam cu den ngay mong muoi thang ba am lich, tat ca moi nguoi Viet chung ta trong nuoc cung nhu o hai ngoai deu to chuc Le Gio To Hung Vuong de tuong nho cong lao dung nuoc va giu nuoc cua 18 doi vua Hung dong thoi cung de noi len niem tu hao ve nguon goc con Rong chau Tien cua nguoi Viet.
Trong tinh than ay, hom nay Lien Doan Bach Viet duoc tham du buoi le tuong niem cac vua Hung. Em xin thay mat cac huong dao sinh dung len phat bieu doi dong ve nguon goc Viet Nam.
Theo truyen thuyet, khai mo ho Hong Bang la Kinh Duong Vuong Loc Tuc, con trai cua vua De Minh, lam vua nuoc Xich Quy( vao khoang nam 2879 truoc Tay lich) lay nguoi con gai cua Dong Dinh Quan la Long Nu, sinh ra Lac Long Quan Sung Lam.
Lac Long Quan lay nang Au Co, sinh ra mot lan duoc 100 nguoi con trai. Au Co la giong tien nen dem 50 con len nui. Lac Long Quan la giong rong nen da dem 50 con xuong bien Nam Hai roi phong cho nguoi con truong lam vua, lay ten nuoc la Van Lang, xung la Hung Vuong, tuc Quoc To cua dan toc Viet Nam ngay nay. Ho Hong Bang lam vua duoc 18 doi, dong do o Phong Chau nay thuoc dia phan huyen Bach Hac, tinh Vinh Yen, Bac Viet duoc coi la noi xuat phat dau tien cua nhung sac dan da kien tao ra nguoi Viet Nam.
Den tho Quoc To Hung Vuong duoc xay o phu Lam Thao, tinh Phu Tho, Bac Viet tu doi vua Thuc. Hang nam dan chung dia Phuong deu no nuc di tray hoi den Hung rat dong duc.
De nhac nho con dan Viet Nam nho den nguon coi cua minh, Viet Nam ta co cau “Du ai di nguoc ve xuoi. Nho ngay gio to mong muoi thang ba”. Du hien nay chung ta dang song o xu nguoi, nhung chung ta van khong quen nguon coi cua minh va nen song HUONG THIEN de luon hanh dien minh la nguoi VIET NAM.
Tran trong kinh chao.
A mural painted by the seniors of Andrew Hill High School, honoring the class of 2007. In the center of the picture are the flags of America, Vietnam, and Vietnamese Scouts. 
Here is one venturing scout and three girl scouts. They are practicing a traditional Vietnamese song.
Venturers Dillion, Zandra, Tinh, Johnee, Thy, and Vu are helping to hold up traditional Vietnamese umbrellas for a march that is soon to begin.
Vu is getting a little too excited about the upcoming march.
Presenting the Hung Vuong Martial Arts Group, decorated with authentic Vietnamese warrior uniforms from 1000 B.C.
This is the ceremonial march towards the auditorium where the celebration took place.
Gravity works hard on drum's carriers (Tr. Huy, Alex)
Anybody knows what's the difference between red and blue Vietnamese traditional uniform ao dài worn by these honor guards?
Here is the Martial Arts Group playing the percussions for the march.
The Martial Arts Group is marching while holding multi-colored flags representing the ideals of Vietnam.
Look at these fellows already getting ready for Halloween.
Can you tell who is the Venturing Monkey (in forest color shirts)?Johnee, Linh, Thy, Vu, Alex & Dillion (left to right)
Zandra and David are so excited with a new temp job during Gio To Hung Vuong, Gong's carrier
Zandra, Tr. Huy, David and Andrew
Tr. Huy and Alex are ready for the long march, but Andrew is dozing off on the job.
Everyone is gathering around for the celebration to begin.
The ladies love men in uniform.
Mmmmm... We love Vietnamese food!
