Ending February on a high note… at the top of the rock walls at Elite Climbing!
Author: Michael McCormick
SPL Election – February
Mid-year Senior Patrol Leader Election! Congrats to James for being re-elected as SPL!
Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco – February 2018
This weekend, we adventured many hours north to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Blairstown, NJ! This is always a favorite month of camping in Troop 48, because it’s the month of our annual cabin camp out!
Adventure was in the cards too, as Troop 48 scaled a mountain from camp to reach the Appalachian Trail. After admiring the views from the top, we ventured down the legendary Appalachian Trail. Along the way, we found more views, bear scat (sadly, no bear), and a lot of remains of old buildings and maybe campsites along the trail! 7 miles of tough hiking, so great job to everyone involved!
After a steep drop down, we circled back to the cabin. There, the patrols had a cooking competition (winner to be announced on Wednesday!), the scrambled to get the patrol gear stored in the trailer as the snow storm hit! They did that quickly, and we got the vehicles and trailer to the upper part of the camp (didn’t want to test an icy hill!)!
While six inches of snow fell outside overnight, the Scouts hid out in the cabin (good scheduling!) where they played Uno, Risk, paper football, and about a million different card games.
Sunday morning, we hiked up to the cars with our gear and started for home, stopping off (of course) at Hot Dog Johnnys, because Hot Dog Johnnys.
As one of the Scouts said when we pulled up, “I think snow makes a great topping for hot dogs.” Truer words were never spoken.
Next month – Poconos Campout and Crystal Cave!
2018
- Ski and Tubing Trip – Jack Frost Mountain – Blakeslee, PA – January
- Shelter Building Night – “The Shed” – Berlin, NJ – January
- White Horse District Klondike Derby – Pine Hill, NJ – January
- Cabin Campout – Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco – Blairstown, NJ – February
- SPL Mid-Year Election – “The Shed” – Berlin, NJ – February
- Rock Climbing Night – Elite Climbing – Maple Shade, NJ – February
- Cross Over Ceremony– Williamstown, NJ – March
- Winter Court of Honor – Holy Communion Church – Berlin, NJ – March
- Crystal Cave Campout – Poconos, PA – March
- Mullica River Backpacking Trip – Atsion to Batsto – Wharton State Forest – Shamong, NJ – April
- Swim Night – NL Aquatics – Voorhees, NJ – April
- Hoagie Sale Prep – Berlin, NJ – April
- Spring Hoagie Sale – Berlin, NJ – April
Shelter Building Meeting – January 2018
A night of shelter building at one of our January meetings.
Ski and Tubing Trip – January 2018
Troop 48 and Pack 48 head up to Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos for a Sunday of skiing and snow tubing. Fun!
Klondike Derby – January 2018
Court of Honor – December 2017
Troop 48 celebrates its 53rd birthday in style with our December Court of Honor!
Camp No-be-bo-sco Cabin Trip!
This weekend, we adventured many hours north to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Blairstown, NJ! This is always a favorite month of camping in Troop 48, because it’s the month of our annual cabin camp out!
Adventure was in the cards too, as Troop 48 scaled a mountain from camp to reach the Appalachian Trail. After admiring the views from the top, we ventured down the legendary Appalachian Trail. Along the way, we found more views, bear scat (sadly, no bear), and a lot of remains of old buildings and maybe campsites along the trail! 7 miles of tough hiking, so great job to everyone involved!
After a steep drop down, we circled back to the cabin. There, the patrols had a cooking competition (winner to be announced on Wednesday!), the scrambled to get the patrol gear stored in the trailer as the snow storm hit! They did that quickly, and we got the vehicles and trailer to the upper part of the camp (didn’t want to test an icy hill!)!
While six inches of snow fell outside overnight, the Scouts hid out in the cabin (good scheduling!) where they played Uno, Risk, paper football, and about a million different card games.
Sunday morning, we hiked up to the cars with our gear and started for home, stopping off (of course) at Hot Dog Johnnys, because Hot Dog Johnnys.
As one of the Scouts said when we pulled up, ““I think snow makes a great topping for hot dogs.” Truer words were never spoken.
Next month – Poconos Campout and Crystal Cave!
Berlin Sun Klondike write up!
Berlin Sun is out! We’re on the cover and Joey was quoted!
You can read the article at the Berlin Sun website! As always, thank you to Grace for such a nice article and to the Sun newspapers for supporting local Scouting!
