November 2025 – Family Thanksgiving Weekend

Written by Jordan Ruggles (Life Scout, Webmaster)

This Thanksgiving weekend (November 29–30), we returned to the Vallée de Joux to host our traditional dinner. As per usual, the feast was a potluck, with each patrol planning, delegating, then cooking food to be shared with everyone. The scouts put a lot of time and effort into their dishes and really showed off their cooking skills!

Dinner Time!

Fresh Baked Sourdough

Of course, we cannot forget the excellent turkey, whipped up by the adults; it was truly the highlight of the meal:

One of the amazing turkeys, prepared by the adults

Besides the Thanksgiving dinner itself, scouts also earned the Lifesaving and Swimming merit badges at the Centre Sportif de la Vallée de Joux Pool.

We had a lot more snow this year compared to last, and as a result, many snowball fights broke out

Overall, it was an incredibly enjoyable (and delicious) event, and a massive thank you to the leaders who organized this event is owed.