November 7-9, 2003 to Linville Falls. Linville Falls is a beautiful series of dramatic falls that drop to a deep gorge, accessed by a trail lined with rare virgin stands of white pine, and hemlock. The area around the Falls is one of the few places in the Blue Ridge Mountains where the rosebay, Catawba, and Carolina rhododendron grow side by side.

October 17-19, 2003 was our annual council camporee at Fort Bragg.

Our coastal trip was held on September 12-14, 2003. We camped in Elizabeth City. We left on Friday at 6:30 PM and returned on Sunday, around 1:00 PM.

A cycling trip on the Virginia Creeper Trail (Damascus, VA) was from August 22-24, 2003. We had limited space to carry bikes, so we encouraged people to rent bikes, and the troop subsidized the trip. It cost $10 and covered the bike, water bottle, helmet and shuttle up the mountain. We camped at the U S Forest Service campground at Bearcreek just like last time. The trip was about 20 miles long.

The Creeper was once a Native American Footpath, pioneer route, and mountain railroad. (Additional information, photos, etc).

Our July Trip was July 18 - 20, to Mount Rogers. It is in the Jefferson National Forest within a 154,000 acre area called the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. It is the highest point in Virginia.

Our May trip was May 9 - 11, to Glen Maury Park, near Buenta Vista, VA.

We white water canoed on the Maury River. Last years trip turned out to be fun and exciting. We did Trip G, which put in at Buena Vista and let out at Glasgow. It took us about 4 hours to travels the 12 miles and encountered class I and class II+ rapids.

Our April camping trip was April 11 - 13, to Camp Durant, located near Carthage, NC.

We participated in the Sequoyah District Camporee where the Viking patrol took 1st place in the "Blind stretcher" event.

Our March camping trip was March 14 - 16, to Camp Campbell, located north of Henderson, NC, at the NC/VA border. Each patrol had a specific pioneering project assigned to them.

Due to the weather, this trip was one week late, February 21 - 23, to Camp Durant for orienteering. We navigated through the forest using only a compass. This experience ties into the orienteering merit badge.