A Closing Song

Here is a video of David Doyle, Camp Director in 2009 and 2010, singing "Pico Blanco", a song he wrote, at a closing campfire.


Not too long ago
I traveled to a land
A place where redwoods stand
A place where boys can grow

They called it pico
Pico Blanco
That's where I want to go
That's where I am

It's where I learned about life
And how people can make things right
Where I learned about love
I learnrd about God above

Now I call her Pico
Pico Blanco
That's where I want to go
That's where I am

Pico
Pico Blanco
She is my home
She is my friend

But now it's time to go
It's time to roll up the show
To drive that dusty old road
And head home

I'll remember Pico
Pico Blanco
That's where I'll want to go
That's where I've been

Pico
Pico Blanco
She is my home
Away from home
She's a lady

I Point to Mineself

I Point to Mineself

I point to mineself and say das here
Das is mine topnotcher, ya mama dear.
Topnotcher, topnotcher, ya mama dear,
Dat’s what I learned in der school, Boom! Boom!

I point to mineself and say das here
Das is my sweat browser, ya mama dear.
Sweat browser, topnotcher, ya mama dear,
Dat’s what I learned in der school, Boom! Boom!

Topnotcher - top of head
Sweat browser - eye brows
Eye winker - eye
Horn blower - nose
Soup strainer - mustache
Lunch eater - mouth
Chin chowser - chin
Rubber necker - neck
Chest protector - chest
Bread basket - stomach
Thigh slapper - thigh
Knee knocker - knee
Shin splinter - shin
Foot stomper - foot

Aquatics Area, 6AM on a Foggy Morning

The Polar Bear Song

Super polar bear, super polar bear

See him swim, see him swim

In the freezing water, in the freezing water

But who cares? But who cares?

The Drive to Pico

The drive in to camp is one of the most scenic drives you will ever take. It begins with a 10 mile drive down northern Big Sur coast on Highway 1 with sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean. Poet Robinson Jeffers called this "The Greatest Meeting of Land and Sea" and the road is rated the most scenic in America. Then, you enter the redwood-filled Palo Colorado Canyon and work your way up the historic road into the Los Padres National Forest at 2250' Bottcher's Gap. Then, you begin your descent to the Little Sur River via the dirt camp road with views of Mt. Pico Blanco and Ventana Double Cone before re-entering the old-growth Redwood Forest. The camp road is passable to 2WD vehicles, so pretty much anyone can make it into camp (for years, our program director made the trip in a Toyota Corolla). Please drive safely and use low gear. It's about an hour and a half from Monterey to camp.

Dusty Road (Tune: Country Roads)
Almost heaven, Pico Blanco
Launtz Ridge Mountain, Little Sur River
Life is old there, older than the redwoods
Younger than Mount Pico, blowin' like a breeze

CHORUS:
Dusty road, take me home, to the place where I belong
Pico Blanco Scout Reservation, take me home
Palo Colorado Canyon Road

All the Whammies gather 'round her
Doctor's daughter, stranger to green water
Dark and dusty, spin-art on the sky
Miss the taste of bug juice, moon-pie in my eye

I hear her voice in the morning when she calls me (LARS!)
The generator reminds me of my tent far away
And driving down that dusty road I get the feeling
I should have used the kybo yesterday. Yesterday!

The Captain Chipmunk Theme Song

Ding ding ding ding ding

Here comes my wagon, my wagon

I hear the keeper calling me-eeeeeeeee

Ding ding ding ding ding

Here comes my wagon, my wagon

To take me to the funny factory

Just like all the nuts that fall

I'm a little cracked, that's all

Ding ding ding ding ding

Here comes my wagon

My kiddie car, my bus

WHOOOOOPEEEEEEEEEE

A Pico Campfire

This is the traditional Pico campfire. It is built to last the entire campfire program, providing ample light for skits and songs and then glowing embers for the Pico Hymn, sung by the Pico Staff. The art of making a proper Pico fire is passed down from staffer to staffer.

Pico Blanco Hymn
Here among the trees majestic
Pleasures you wil find
On the trails of Pico Blanco
With your friends and mine

Trail the eagle, ever onward
This shall be our cry
Be Prepared, this our motto
Serving all mankind

Viva la compagnie! (the song)

Let every good fellow, now join in our song,
Vive la compagnie!
Success to each other, and pass it along,
Vive la compagnie!

Chorus:
Vive la, vive la,
Vive l'amour.
Vive la, vive la,
Vive l'amour.
Vive l'amour, vive l'amour,
Vive la compagnie!!

A friend on your left, and a friend on your right,
Vive la compagnie!
In love and good fellowship, let us unite,
Vive la compagnie!

Repeat chorus

Now wider and wider, our circle expands,
Vive la compagnie!
We'll shout to our comrades, in far away lands
Vive la compagnie!

Repeat chorus.

Mother in Law

My mother in law oh she is dead!
Hum dee dee dee dee *clap*

She got caught in a folding bed.
Hum dee dee dee dee *clap*

Ever since my mother in law's been dead,
people have come to me
wanting to buy that bed

For they all have mother in laws you see-e
hum dee dee dee
hum dee dee dee
hum dee dee dee dee