Camp Chestnut Ridge

Length: Two nights
Crew: Three adults, three Scouts
Day One
Set up camp at Camp Chestnut Ridge.
Day Two
Played capture the flag with boys from troops 45 and 845. The scout leaders from all three troops did group cooking.
Day Three
Returned to Chapel Hill early to be ready for the Eagle Court of Honor Sunday afternoon.

Wilson Creek Backpacking Trip

Length: Two days
Crew: Four adults, three Scouts
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Day One
We met at the church and drove to the parking lot at the trail head. The parking lot and trail head is new since we were there last year. The new trail is much steeper than the old trail. It may be better to use the old trail from the road instead of going straight up the new trail. We set up camp at the juncture of Harper Creek and Raider Camp Creek.
Day Two
Part of the crew went up Harper Creek to find the South Harper Creek Falls. They got on the wrong trail and ended up just coming back without finding the falls.
Day Three
We hiked out and drove back to the church.

Fall Camporee - Camp Reeves

Length: Two days
Crew: Four adults, four Scouts
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Day One
We met at the church and drove to Camp Reeves and set up tents.
Day Two
We participated as a patrol in the orienteering contest and placed third overall.
We performed a flag retirement ceremony at the Saturday night campfire.
Day Three
The troop took first overall for the whole camporee.

Uhwarrie Panther Creek

Length: One day
Crew: Four adults, four Scouts
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Day One
We met at the church, drove to the trailhead and repositioned cars. We hiked into the campsite. The boys worked on Orienteering merit badge.
Day Two
We hiked out on a beautiful climb over Dark Mountain. We drove back to the church.

Summer Camp at Camp Cherokee

Length: Seven days
Crew: Three adults, three Scouts
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Kaufmanhaus Bike Trip and Court of Honor

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Friday Night
One tent camped overnight.
Saturday
The group biked the southernmost section of the American Tobacco Trail twice. The trip started from the New Hill/Olive Chapel Road Access and traveled 5 miles to the White Oak Church Road and back. The group had lunch and biked it again. One bike had two flat tires, both at the same location of the trail. One boy collected a number of golf balls from a section of the trail that passed by a golf course.
Saturday Evening
After a potluck dinner at the Risk's house, the troop conducted its May Court of Honor up in the campground at the top of the hill. One tent camped overnight

Pinnacles of the Dan

Length: One days
Crew: Three adults, one Scouts
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Day Zero
Originally, we were to go on Saturday, but the weather forecast was horrible, so we moved the trap back to Sunday
Day One
After parking at the powerplant, we all went into the power plant to get a permit. The operator's office is on the second level, so we climbed through the plan to get there. The operator told us that the trail to the resevoir is closed permanently, but you can hike up to the Pinnacles, but no farther. He also suggested hiking up the Dan to a new beaver dam. So, we planned to climb the Pinnacles in the morning and go out to the beaver dam in the afternoon.

A couple of hundred feet up the Pinnacles trail, one of the adults was having some trouble climbing. We came back down and decided to head out to the beaver dam instead. The route to the beaver dam is quite strenuous. Much of the trail is overgrown. You need to cross the Dan at least once. We crossed the river three times on the way out to beaver dam and once on the way back.

One of the scouts saw a wild turkey crossing the river. We all saw a pair of hawks flying over the beaver pond. After lunch at the beaver dam, we bushwhacked the trail back to the base of the Pinnacles trail. The one adult returned to the powerplant, while the rest of us climbed the Pinnacles trail. Climbing to very top of the Pinnacle meant leaving packs and trekking poles at the base of the peak and scambling up on hands and knees.

From the Pinnacles trail, we could see the aqueduct, which has been modernized, replacing the old wood aqueduct with fiberglass. The Scoutmaster was looking around for the waterslide.

Rip Rap Trail, Shenandoah National Park

Length: Two days
Crew: Two adults, four Scouts
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Day One
After shuffling cars at the Skyline drive parking lots, the group backpacked down the Rip Rap Trail. We camped in the same campsite as the previous trip. We worked on Wilderness Survival merit badge.
Day Two
After packing up camp, we backpacked back to the cars.

South Mountains

Length: Two days
Crew: Two adults, four Scouts
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Day One
We backpacked to the group campsite and set up camp. We hiked up along a ridge to the top of the waterfall. Mr. Vanderburg was taking pictures, but the battery in the camera died at the top of the falls. The troop has pictures of the waterfall from previous visits to these falls in the galleries.
Day Two
After packing up camp, we hiked back to the cars. We did some work on Forestry merit badge. On the way out, we visitted the trees the troop planted back in 1999. The trees are now eight to ten feet tall.