The Aquila District of the Cub Scouts held their annual Day Camp at Sylvester Middle School on Friday July 23 for 145 boys, ages 7 to 10 from West Seattle, Burien, SeaTac, Des Moines, and Tukwila. The King County Fire Department was on hand to provide the centerpiece of the event, the 110 foot ladder atop their truck.

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From that height they dropped specially prepared packages, made by each scout, designed as a science experiment to see how well they could protect an egg.

Some eggs survived. Many did not.

But for the scouts, that was all preamble to the highlight of the day.

That was being sprayed by the fire hose at full volume from the top of the ladder. With screams and laughter they ran from the spray and mist, that instantly drenched them, and everyone else down below. But that didn't quench their thirst. They shouted, "We want more" as if the firemen couldn't hear them. They got more alright, the spraying went on for a good five minutes until the ground was puddling up and the kids looked like fish.

After a brief drying out period it was time for archery and a range set up south of the school tested the scouts skills with bows and arrows.
Scouts had follow some important procedures for safety during the archery and earned badges for their performance on the range.