Umstead State Park

We ended our whole year of good weather with our trip to Umstead State Park. on November 9 - 11, 2007. Our project was to build a monkey bridge and it turned out quite well. According to a few anonymous reports, it could hold quite a lot of weight.
We hope that the Webelos from Pack 314 enjoyed their day with us.

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Huntington Beach State(SC) Park

We had another perfect weekend for camping at Huntington Beach State Park on October 12 - 14, 2007. There are a few small advantages to a drought, and I guess me might as well enjoy them while we can.
It was quite a battle with the raccoons, and even though we were outnumbered and lost a few skirmishes with the trash, we managed to save all our food.

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Uwharrie National Forest

We used our trip to Yates Place in the Uwharrie National Forest on September 21 - 23, 2007 to work on our backpacking skills and rank advancement. The weekend was a good learning experience for the younger scouts, and an eight mile hike, will definitely reinforce the concept of not overpacking on a backpacking trip.

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Pamlico Sea Base

Thank You to Reggie and Jesse, our host and teacher at Pamlico Sea Base, who made our trip there on August 17 - 19, 2007 a very memorable one. The food, facilities, equipment, and weather were excellent and a good time was had by all. If there ever was a contest for a camp with a "million dollar view", this one would be near the top of the list.

Ten scouts got a partial on the sailing merit badge. Who knows, we may have to adopt the song that says "come sail away, come sail away with me" as our new troop song.

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Mount Rogers

The troop had a great weekend July 20-22 backpacking to the top of Mt. Rogers. We camped Friday night at Grayson Highlands State Park, and then packed our gear for the hike to the top of Mt. Rogers where we spent Saturday night. We stopped to play with the horses on the way -- and yes, they bite if you tease them! The weather was perfect, and even a little chilly for July making it a fun night around the campfire. The views along the trail were amazing, and the boys had fun cooking their own meals and purifying water from the spring. Everyone voted to definitely go back again! (SBC)

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Camp Durant

Summer Camp, June 24 - 30, 2007, Camp Durant. We were back at Durant this year. It was a hot week, but then again, it is North Caolina in the summer. There was a some rain during the week, mostly at night, with the biggest impact on the OA ceremony and the closing camp fire, but overall, it was a good week. Everyone made good progress on rank advancements and merit badges.

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Tuckaseegee River

We had a very nice trip down the Tuckaseegee River on May 18 - 20, 2007. Several of the boats were more adept at finding the rocks in the river than the others, but everyone, at some point, got to practice their 'getting the boat off the rock' technique. One scout did a fine job removing his boat, only to see it and his partner get quickly washed downstream. Then we got to practice our 'middle of the river, stuck on a rock, rescue' technique.

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Raven Knob

As it turns out, we got our turn on the climbing tower at Camp Raven Knob after all. (April 13 - 14, 2007) The trip was cut short because of high wind and flood warnings in the area. Even though we came back on Saturday night, it was a full day between the climbing and hiking to the knob.

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Camp Agape'

We had a great time at Camp Agape' in Harnett County on March 9 - 11, 2007. The morning was spent on the first part of our service project. We removed an unused piece of trail and relocated the border rocks, mulch and a bridge to another part of the trail. We also cleaned up some residual damage from a fallen tree. In the afternoon we gathered some additional rocks for trail borders. We then rewarded ourselves with some spirited vollyball games on a very nice sand volleyball court.
Thank You Letter from Camp Agape
Driving Directions

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Vista Point/Jordan Lake

We definitely picked a cold weekend for our campout at Vista Point State Park (Jordan Lake), on February 9 - 11, 2007. The morning was spent on a service project, cleaning up the shore line around the camp ground. The afternoon involved a touch football game. The plan was to play capture the flag after dark, but no one wanted to get too far away from the camp fire.

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Falls Lake/BW Wells

Congratulations to the Viking Patrol, who, after a slow start, captured the Scouting Skills competition at the campout at BW Wells Campground, Falls Lake, January 12 - 14, 2007. Since the competition was so spirited, I'm sure the other patrols will get a chance to redeem themselves at a future camp out.

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