Basics

Sun, 08/21/2011 - 01:23 — abernajb

Fall Fun Rally Basics

Date:       September 28-30, 2012
Who:      Venturers, Explorers, and Older Scouts (Venturing Age)
Where:   Beaumont Scout Reservation (Outside Saint Louis, MO)

The Fall Fun Rally may seem simple enough. In some ways its your basic multi-crew campout. Like many District or even Council campouts, most crews will stay in campsites in one of the Camporee fields of Beaumont Scout Reservation. There will be activities from Friday Evening to Sunday Morning.
What separates the Fall Fun Rally from other events? It is that the largest gathering of Venturers annually (also the largest outdoor Venturing and Exploring event), drawing over 1000 people for the last few years. And you might guess there will be activities to match. It's the sheer size, as well as the quality of the program that sets apart the Fall Fun Rally from other events.

Camping

Your crew, post, ship, or even older Scout patrol (Venturing Age) can attend the camp-out for the weekend like you would at any of those other events. Units are welcome to build ground fires or cook on a pressurized fuel stove. Water is available at spigots in the field. The field has traditional latrines. A short walk away are the showers at the pool. Ground fires for cooking or for evening campsite entertainment are allowed with dead wood from the property or your own firewood.

Hotels

For those of your coming from farther away or if you don’t want to camp for the weekend, there are hotels very close to Beaumont. Check out the nearby hotels of Valley Park and Eureka, with most people having booked at the nearby Drury Inn for approximately $89 a night.

Food and Eats

Most units in past years have brought their own food and cooked at their campsite. But due to popular demand. there will also be an option to purchase prepared food at the event for a reasonable additional cost. Meal plan is an additional cost over the cost of the event.

The meal plan will included 4 meals. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner on Saturday, as well as Breakfast on Sunday. A complete menu will be available shortly.