Past Outings & Adventures
Check out all the cool places and things we’ve done since our troop was founded in 2022!
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2025-07: Tubing in Ellijay!
This past weekend, we squeezed in one more adventure for the end of summer, we heading up to Ellijay, GA for a day of tubing down the Cartecay River. Although we got there mere minutes after they opened for the day, the fact that it was a beautiful Saturday meant the river was jam packed! But we still all had an amazing time. A very nice and relaxing float down the river with a few small rapids and one not so small one near the end. Capped off the day with a late lunch before heading home.
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/sojW8D4bT5QpWHRy6
2025-06: Summer Camp at Woodruff
In June, we heading up to Woodruff Scout Camp for our annual week long summer camp. The week started out strong, we arrived and had an easy check in, scouts were smiling, exploring camp and just happy to be back, and the week just got better and better! The weather was just about perfect the entire week and everywhere you looked, you saw our scouts in our purple shirts smiling and having the time of there lives. Towards the end of the week, things kicked up another notch when two of our scouts, while out on a late night hike, found their way back to camp with a new friend in tow. A small orange cat followed them from the middle of the woods, 4 miles back to camp and wound up staying with us the rest of the week. One of scouts was even able to adopt him into their loving home. (we checked all the local missing pet pages, drove around, not chipped, no collar, etc. We couldn’t find any original owners)
Our week of animal adventures didn’t stop there though, while hanging out on the fabulous new Sharp Center Porch in early afternoon, the scouts noticed a bat making a lot of noise. Eventually the small bat dropped out of the ceiling and into one of the scouts jackets. A few minutes later… TWO bats crawled out! What an amazing thing to experience.
It really was a jam packed week full of scouts working on merit badges, earning awards, playing games, doing puzzles, playing disc golf, white water rafting, popcorn and candle making, and so… much….. MORE! Really, check out the full album below and block out the dates so you can join us next summer!
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9dea9FiNV4wh2uTE9
2025-05: Scoutland
This weekend, the weather did not look at all good, but that didn’t deter us! We still headed up to Scoutland Scout Camp for a weekend of camping fun. It rained most of the morning, but with no thunder or lightning, we still ran swim checks and spent hours swimming. The water was actually warmer than the air! For the afternoon, scouts played tag, explored a new camp, and generally just decompressed and relaxed during this very stressful time of year. All in all, can’t complain (that much)!
Photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LoGviLjmxPgknFVf7
2025-04: Camp Sequoyah
For our April Campout we headed to Camp Sequoyah in Alabama, a really cool camp that we’ve never been to before! Unbeknownst, there was a camporee going on so we ended up spending the day in fire building, water relays, canoe tug-o-wars, races, and more! It was so much fun, especially the kraken rescue. We ended the evening with skits and songs at their camporee camp fire and then headed off for some night repelling! Great way to spend a weekend!
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1g4zK66Z9K1TPEoH7
2025-03: Sydney Dew
We camped at Sydney Dew tree houses. We separated a bit for cooking, and meals were great. It rained a bit at night but did not affect us. There are stairs to the tree house and a little deck out front. There was electricity. We played sardines and duck duck goose. The bathroom was a mile hike uphill both ways.
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mzmboSBfAc1k3tda8
2025-02: Bert Adams
Over Valentine’s weekend we went to Bert Adams Camp. It was supposed to rain all day but it only rained at night. However the severe weather sirens at five in the morning gave us the fright of our lives as well as a good example for why we need to know what to do and where to go during dangerous weather (we crammed 10 people in a single bathroom stall) . We did the fingerprinting merit badge and other advancements. This was a scout’s first time camping and we promise that this normally doesn’t happen.
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bSesgrMnb9BfVq4x9
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J P.
Troop Historian
2025-01: Day of Fire
Last weekend we continued our tradition of going to day of fire every year, and had so many people sign up that we were split into three patrols rather than our usual one or two. On the first night, we set up our own personal campfire along with our tents. After struggling to get out of our warm sleeping bags and into the cold, we ate breakfast and headed off to one of the coves. We dragged sticks and logs to the fire for a few hours before heading back to camp for lunch. Some of us decided to stay back at camp and watch the fire while the others went to a different cove to continue helping out. When the day was over, we gathered around the campfire for dinner and dessert before going to bed.
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Zoey A.
Troop Historian
Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LhUEtnf5ZCQMc5w77