9th Fall Backpacking Participants' Packet Fall 9th Grade Backpacking Campout Cedar Bayou "Life is a Journey" Directors Directors (9F) Status Date S/D Names Email Phone Director Oct 12 - 13 Daughters Chris Bowles [email protected] (214) 869-2687 Co-Director Oct 12 - 13 Daughters John Biedebach [email protected] (972) 841-6060 Director Oct 26 - 27 Sons Alan Gant [email protected] (214) 763-8136 Director Oct 26 - 27 Daughters Mark/Jess [email protected] (214) 218-1007 Kraemer Co-Director Oct 26 - 27 Daughters Paul/Bri [email protected] (214)558-7351 Backpacking Campout Overview SATURDAY 8:00am-9:00am Teams arrive at Cedar Bayou, Lake Texoma. Wear your HATS t-shirts for group photo! 9:00am Backpacking review course. Review with teams: Hiking route, gear and food, distribute crew gear, safety and first aid instruction. 10:30am Start hiking! Hike on Cross Timbers Hiking Trail to 5-Mile Camp. The hike from the parking area is approximately 3 miles. NOON Lunch 1:00pm-6:00p Games, Water purification techniques, camp chores and day hike m 6:00pm Light the camp stoves and begin dinner. 7:00pm Games 8:00pm HATS Chat 9:00pm Camp fire, ghost stories, star gazing... SUNDAY 8:00am Rise and shine! Team Breakfast 9:00am Games 10:00am Team break-out session and debriefing. 10:45am Pack up, police the area. 11:30am-1:00pm Hike out on Cross Timbers Trail with time to stop for lunch on the trail. 4:00pm Arrive in Dallas. Backpacking Packing List Sleep Other Tent (2 person, lightweight) Backpack Groundcloth Cup Stakes (lightweight) Plastic spoon Sleeping bags (35 deg or lower) Jet Boil (if you have one) Sleeping pads (eg, thermarest) Sunscreen Bug spray Clothes Toilet paper Shorts Crazy Creek Underwear Tooth brush/paste HATS shirt Head lamp Synthetic long sleeve shirt Trash bags Lightweight fleece jacket Camera Rain jacket (eg, frogg toggs, not ponchos) Meds/epi pen/inhaler Rain pants (eg, frogg toggs) Comfortable lightweight shoes Wear Socks HATS shirt Swimsuit Shorts Small towel Cap Water shoes Hiking socks Hiking shoes/boots Food Trail lunch: eg, sandwich, chips, trail mix 2 L water Freeze dried dinner Freeze dried breakfast Snack such as Clif bars Cedar Bayou Directions and Maps Backpacking at Cross Timbers Trail At Cedar Bayou Resort Park at the Marina Cedar Bayou Marina...............................................................................................(903) 523-4248 513 Cedar Bayou Blvd. Gordonville, Texas 76245 Directions 1. Take HWY 75 north to Sherman 2. Go left (West) on Hwy 82 to Whitesboro. 3. Go right (North) on Hwy 377 approximately 12 miles and look for the ‘Cedar Bayou Resort’ sign. 4. Go about a mile to the marina parking lot for secure parking. http://www.cedarbayou.com/cross_timbers.asp http://cedarbayou.com/location/ Hospital Information for Cedar Bayou Wilson N Jones Medical Center...……………………………………...(903) 870-4611 500 N Highland Ave Sherman, TX 75092 Directions 1. Depart Cedar Bayou Blvd toward Snider Ln – 0.5 mi 2. Turn right onto Cotton Franklin Rd – 0.2 mi 3. Turn right onto US-377 – 12.3 mi, 13 min Pass Exxon in 5.4 mi 4. Turn left onto Highway 82 E / US-82 E – 0.2 mi Pizza Hut on the corner 5. Take ramp and follow signs for US-82 East – 16.5 mi, 18 min 6. Take exit 642 for E Buck Owens Fwy toward Dallas / Denison – 0.3 mi 7. Turn right onto N Sam Rayburn Fwy / US-75 N 8. Take ramp left and follow signs for US-75 South – 2.2 mi La Quinta Inn & Suites on the corner 9. Take exit 58 for N Sam Rayburn Fwy toward Hospital/Houston St/Lamar St – 0.2 mi 10. Turn right onto TX-56 W / W Houston St – 0.3 mi 11. Turn right onto N Highland Ave – 0.3 mi 12. Arrive at N Highland Ave The last intersection is W Mulberry St If you reach Theison St, you've gone too far.