Hawk Mtn Survivorman Camping Trip - report

  The scouts of Troop 67 turned out in force to test their survival skills at Hawk Mountain PA for a weekend camping trip. 

Yes, everyone survived!
Making the weekend even better was the fact that the weather was absolutely ideal.  The scouts built improvised shelters, but many decided to sleep in the open - under the stars - because the weather was so fine.
One downside to the weekend was that the fishing was unsuccessful.  Good thing grubmasters brought food just in case the boys couldn't catch their dinner in the lake. 

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New Scout Campout report

     New scouts & old joined together for activity stations, fishing, and a large scale monkey bridge at Roosevelt S.R. in New Jersey this past weekend.  There was a great turnout of adult leaders too, as new dads & old gathered to lend a hand during the weekend.

     We have ten new scouts this year.  These boys were put through some activity stations run by the older scouts - learning how to pitch their own tent, how to start a campfire & cook foil packs over coals, how to participate in a color guard & flag etiquette, and how to recognize poisonous plants. 

     After the learning business was taken care of the boys broke into two groups and either went fishing or built a monkey bridge.  The monkey bridge was on a grand scale, and Mr.'s Landis, Mundy & MacEwen came for the day to help supervise the construction. 

     The fishing was good.  A variety of panfish, bass and catfish were caught.  Live bait & artificial lures were used but mostly live worms had the best result.  The weather was good except for a evening shower that cut our campfire program short.  When we got back to town we heard that a bad thunderstorm had gone thru Wilmington, but we didn't have any rough weather across the river in Jersey.  Overall there was a fun relaxed atmosphere on this camping trip but we got work done too.