On a hot June weekend, Troop 48 went camping in the pine barrens and did an 8 1/2 mile hike to Apple Pie Hill Firetower. First time patrol cooking in a year and a half!
8 1/2 mile hike on the Batona Trail today! Beautiful day for it. Carranza Memorial to Apple Pie Hill and back.
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8 1/2 mile day hike on the Batona Trail! Carranza Memorial to Apple Pie Hill and back. Beautiful day for it.
Wharton State Forest- September 2002
By Mike Farrell
10 miles – Batona Trail
This hike was a day hike. We started early at 7 AM. The weather was a cool, Fall day. A small group of scouts left basecamp and set off on a 10 mile hike. We followed the Batona Trail. It was a very flat hike. Some of the trail went along a highway. During the hike, we crossed Atsion Lake. I got blisters the size of half dollars because my feet were too big for my boots. At the half-way turn around, Gary made me stop because of my blisters. Several other scouts stopped as well such as Griffin and Brandon. My dad, Sam Strader, and my brother Tim completed the full 20 miles.
