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Category: Camping Trips

Camping at Valley Forge

This weekend between April 4th and 6th Troop 146 scouts went camping at Valley Forge Historical Park (Valley Forge, PA). Scouts learned what it was like to camp there during the winter of 1777 to 1778. While on the trip they visited historical bunks, modeled after the ones George Washington and his soldiers would have […]

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October Backpacking Trip

The group consisted of 5 scouts and 3 adults on our October backpacking trip at Harriman State Park. Scouts went on a 7.3 mile partial loop with lunch and a photo stop at the Lemon Squeezer. While there, they oriented their map using landmarks and checked their work with a compass for practice. The steady […]

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Venture Patrol Trip to Northern Tier

From June 21st – June 30th the Venture Patrol traveled to the Atikokan Base at Northern Tier high adventure camp in Ontario, Canada (Atikokan is one of the three bases at Northern Tier). Scouts canoed across a section of wilderness called the Northern Crown Lands for a week. In addition scouts also had to plan […]

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Antietam Battlefield Tour

On April 6th Scouts visited Antietam Battlefield. Scouts camped at a nearby campsite in Washington Monument State Park. The troop took a tour of most of the battlefield stopping at important spots from the battle as well as memorials commemorating the soldiers the fought there.

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