What: It's time for our annual
Recruiting Campout. Arrow of Light
scouts are required to attend a Boy Scout Meeting and/or participate in an
outdoor Boy Scout activity in order to earn the Scouting Adventure. Our annual recruiting campout helps the
Webelos meet these requirements and introduces the Arrow of Light scouts and
their families to Troop 149. Arrow of
Light scouts and their parents also are invited to attend a regular Troop
Meeting on November 16th at 7PM (Cherrydale UMC) and this campout Nov 20 - 22. We are also holding an open house inviting
all Arrow of Light scouts and parents to another one of our meetings on January
11th at 7pm.
Where:
The Treehouse Camp, also known as the Maple Tree Campground. This is a unique campground about 2 hours
away in Maryland. It's not far from
Antietam and Harpers Ferry and is in a beautiful wooded setting right on the
Appalachian Trail. Their website is:
http://www.thetreehousecamp.com/
Cost: $45 all Scouts / $50 Adult (Does NOT include food )
$15 to grubmasters on Friday
$15 to grubmasters on Friday
Make your check payable to Troop 149, bring to the November
16th Scout meeting at CUMC
What to bring:
Adults, bring a coffee cup! Webelos, use the packing list in your
Webelos Handbook. At the meeting on
November 16th we review the list and plan meals. It will be chilly at camp,
warm clothes, dry socks, mess kit, a pad
and sleeping bag are a must.
If you're a Boy Scout reading this you probably know what we
do on the campout. But, for you Arrow of
Light scouts and your parents that are reading this, let us explain how this
all works.
Every year in the Fall, we go to The Treehouse Camp, also
known as the Maple Tree Campground. This
is a unique campground about 2 hours away in Maryland. It's not far from Antietam and Harpers Ferry and is in
a beautiful wooded setting right on the Appalachian Trail. Their website is:
http://www.thetreehousecamp.com/
Make sure your speakers are on when looking at this site for
the total experience. We have reserved
the cabins "tree cottages", the Hobbit House, the pavilion and
camping sites.
The Boy Scouts will most likely tent camp, the Arrow of
Light scouts tend to like the Hobbit House and the cabins are for the moms or
others interested. You can find
descriptions and pictures on the website.
This campground has amenities like a small camp store, bathrooms and
showers.
Food: Arrow of Light scouts who plan to camp should
attend the Boy Scout Troop Meeting on Monday Nov 16th at CUMC starting at 7
PM. Each den will team up with a Boy
Scout patrol and plan a menu for the weekend.
A Boy Scout family will buy the food.
We call these scouts the "grubmasters". All the adults, including the leaders, will
eat as a group. Adults are welcome to
volunteer and will be reimbursed.
Schedule : All scouts and pre-arranged drivers should arrive at the CUMC parking lot
no later than 4:45 pm on Friday the 20th.
Directions will be handed out.
It's about a 2 hour drive. Bring
a bag dinner. We will eat when we arrive
at camp or along the way.
Once we arrive Friday night we will all get situated in our
pre-arranged site, settle down and eventually, go to bed.
The fun starts the next day.
We'll have breakfast first. After
KP, the Webelos will go on a short hike on the Appalachian Trail, which is
within walking distance from the campground. They will see some great vistas on
a non-strenuous section of the Trail,
While this is happening, the Boy Scouts will set up various
"stations", where several fun activities will happen after the
hike. These activities will include
building a rope bridge and a zip line.
Additionally, the Webelos will
learn some first aid , build a wilderness survival shelter and help
to build a fire. These are some
of the things that we've learned as Boy Scouts and we look forward to teaching
them to the Webelos.
Lunch will occur at some point and the activities will end
in the afternoon so that everybody has some down time before dinner. Weather permitting we will have a campfire
and maybe we can teach each other some skits, make some some-mores and who
knows what else.
Eventually we all end up in our sleeping bags. The next morning, we get up and have a cold
breakfast. Coffee, of course for the
adults! Then we break camp and shoot to
get back to Arlington around noon, on the Lorcom
Lane side of CUMC. We'll return
whatever Troop camping gear we used to the Scout Room......and go home.
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