Holly Springs, NC
Last weekend from Friday June 10th to Sunday, June 12th troop 2019 went backpacking at Eno river state park! we crossed a wobbly bridge to get over the river and ended up hiking 6 miles! we also helped the environment by picking up trash along the river. While we picked up trash we identified plants as well as animals, had lunch, learned how to filter water and took five gallons back to the campsite! it was so heavy that to make it easier we built an A- frame. We had an amazing time!
On campfire Night, our troop went to camp Durant. we watched funny skits, found out the winner of the cooking competition and had a tap out ceremony! we also gained some new QA members doubling the group in size!
On Tuesday, Scout Troop 2019 went to the AOL crossover and we received a new scout!
Scouts from Troop 2019 got to visit the McDowell nature preserve 30 minutes away from our meeting place, unfortunately we were unable to do some of the activities due to rainy weather, but we arrived just in time and were still able to do rafting and have fun.
Troop 2019 and Troop 320 came together at Mr. Traylor’s farm. The Star and above scouts presented newer scouts with fun games and activities that prepared them for leadership and by the end of the weekend all the scouts were ready to take on their leadership roles.
This event was held for scouts who have achieved the rank of first class and have gotten at least 15 camping nights. After they do this they must be chosen by their peers as representatives of what a scout should be. On this campout candidates kept a silence, ate small amounts of food, and performed service work. Our scouts helped to build benches, dig out ditches, and pick up garbage from around the camp.
We invited a bunch of Webelos from our district to come and learn about our troop and scouting. We had a great time hanging out with some younger scouts. Our campfire lasted for a total of 13 hours keeping us warm throughout the cold day. We were singing and dancing all weekend and went through about 94 packets of hot chocolate. This was our last camping trip of the year 2019!
We did our first backpacking expedition at Raven Rock State Park in Lillington, NC. All of us got to cool off in the waters of the Cape Fear river. Some more than others.
We had an amazing bike ride down the Creeper Trail. It was a beautiful temperature and our campsite was really nice.
We sailed the Pamlico Sound aboard sunfish sailboats with some amazing pirate sails at Pamlico Sea Base. The weather was perfect for a day on the sound. We lucked out because the forecast called for storms.
