Campouts of the Past

Troop Report

We started the trip off by packing all our bags, equipment and food into a Trailer and rode off to camp. Everyone started to set up their tents. personally our patrol found out why you check the tent before, as we were greeted with a very sandy tent. The troop didn’t take long to go to bed. The second day we woke up to a hot day. Once it came time to go to the Quarry we drove the kayaks over then carried them up a steep hill and into a small crevice that was the entrance to the cave. Once we got inside the cool cold cave we took a bit figuring out whose kayak was whos before splitting into groups of patrols and kayaking the cave. The cave had 3 large bodies of water to kayak. The water was extremely clear and it was really cool when the lights went out and the glow of the glow sticks illuminated the cave. After we left the cold cave to the very not cold outside we carried the kayaks down and went back to the campsite. The scouts played games and drank the suspiciously yellow water before heading to bed. The next morning was fairly quick as we cleaned up and headed out.

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Camp rock Enon was originally was September 22nd, before being Canceled due to severe thunderstorms and rain.  The campout would have had three main activity's Shooting sports, Blacksmithing, and Rock Climbing. 

The Corn Maze campout was from October 20th - 22nd. The Campout was lead by Lucas. 

The November search and Rescue outing was lead by Ruby in the West Virginia mountains. The scouts stayed near a cabin where they did search and rescue related activity's. 

The Scouts camped and went to a Pinball arcade to play pinball and other arcade games. 

The Freeze O Ree campout was a very fun rainy campout at an old military base where the Scouts were able to learn about its history in a fun way!

The Wimp O Ree was an indoor scouting campout where the scouts got to work on Merit badges like Public speaking, and Citizenship merit badges.

Scouts headed up to Baltimore to sleep abord the USS constellation. We learned the history of the boat and the people who boarded it. We had the opportunity to eat what the past passengers ate and slept where they slept. (In hammocks). 

Scouts got the option if they had any gear to go skating which was really fun and we did orienteering which took a long time. all the scouts had many opportunities to rank up or just achieve.

At the Lake Anna campout, we rented two pontoon boats and tubed across the whole lake. We has some pit stops at the gas station where we got free popsicles and made some duck friends. 

Troop Report/Recap

This year, summer camp will be at Camp Freedom @ Heritage Reservation, 300 Heritage Road, Farmington, PA 15437, from June 30 - July 6. This was another great experience, with over 50 merit badge offerings, a first-year camper program, and an older Scout adventure program. 

Sunday : The councilors showed us around and then we attended the opening campfire where we got to meet some of the staff. 

Monday This is the scouts first day to work on their merit badges and attend their classes. Our older scouts attended an adventure program whist our younger ones enjoyed an afternoon with open aquatics. 

Tuesday: Scouts continued their merit badges and enjoyed another afternoon of open aquatics and shooting sports. However, the older scouts were still off enjoying their ATVs, Whitewater rafting, Caving, Shooting clays, and more.  

Wednesday: Scouts got their new merit badge classes and had an amazing time at the aqua carnival after a day of new badges. 

Thursday: Scouts continued their new merit badges and had a great time eating peach cobbler and deep fried Oreos at a festival for 4th of July and finished up anything they had to do for merit badges

Friday: Merit badges were all done and scouts were ready to take the day to relax. However, some scouts chose to complete the 5 mile hike with challenges around the lake called the Courage Quest. A specific patrol called the Paw Patrol decided it would be a great idea to run the whole thing. It was tiring and not suggested, but it ended up being an award winning idea. On the other side of the lake, Sydney and Natalie took on the challenge of completing the one mile swim. Although it was tough, they both ended up finishing the mile in the middle of the lake. 

P.S. Natalie was putting tinsel in everyone's hair throughout the entire week