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2023-10: Planning Campout at Allatoona

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Although the campout this weekend was for planning, that doesn’t mean we didn’t have fun! We were joined by a new scout, who helped cook during the day. After setting up our tents Friday night went to sleep, ate breakfast, and then were promptly exiled from camp to go explore. We visited some of the coves at the edges of Allatoona, before returning to camp for lunch. After eating we were once again exiled until dinner and visited the cliff closest to our campsite. After that we had dinner and banana boats, and then we told stories and sang around the campfire before going to sleep and packing up in the morning.
 
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Zoey A.
 
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2023-09: SpaceX Campout

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This weekend we went to Bert Adams Scout Camp to set off rockets for the space exploration merit badge. After we ate breakfast we constructed the rockets, with the assistance of copious amounts of hot glue. We returned after a break for lunch to make some final repairs before launching our rockets into the sky, some of which promptly returned to the ground in a spectacular fashion. When we weren’t building or launching rockets, we were playing epic games of hangman on each other’s arms and making chainmail. After the day’s excitement we returned to camp and left the following morning.
 
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Troop Historian
Zoey A.
 
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2023-08: Weekend at the Lake

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For our August Campout we went tubing on Lake Lanier. After setting up camp and eating breakfast, we went down to the lake for hours of fun. After a short break swimming near the dock and eating lunch, we headed back for more! We ended the day with an epic launch and slightly less epic crash landing off the tube. Other than some mild sunburns, it was a pretty fantastic weekend.
 
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Zoey A.
Troop Historian
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2023-07-29: Scout Picnic

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School hasn’t started yet, so our scouts are still buys having fun! Following out Dairy Visit & Game Day on Friday, we had our Annual Scout Picnic for friends & family of all scouts from all scouting units at Unity! It was so much fun seeing people from Pack 710, Pack 1714, Troop 2319-B. Troop 2319-G, & Crew 2319! There was a ton of backyard games, lots of great food, & some really good fellowship and socializing. So excited that we are back to having our annual picnic and looking forward to it again next year!

Full Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HVg8DrBeANUFzaRWA

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2023-07-28: Mountain Fresh Creamery

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With summer almost over, we’re squeezing in every bit of fun we can! Yesterday we headed up to Glo Crest Dairy, Clermont, Georgia & Mountain Fresh Creamery to learn about dairy farming, work on the Animal Science Merit Badge, and of course get some fresh ice cream & cheese! We stopped for pizza as we headed back to Unity North Atlanta to finish up the MB and have an afternoon of board games and fellowship. Couldn’t ask for a better day!!
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2023-07: Tubing Trip!

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This weekend we went on a tubing trip down the Cartecay River, which included a small waterfall towards the end. While on the river almost all of us ended up swimming, although some of us chose to get out of our tubes while others were flipped out of theirs. At some point on the river, one of the scouts lost a shoe, and after some conversation they ended up with one croc and one water shoe before deciding to place the lone water shoe on the wall of “lost soles”. Overall a pretty great weekend!

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Zoey A.
Troop Historian

Photo Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FyaPWU8n1HLEmEMw7

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2023: Summer Camp

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This week the scouts visited Camp Woodruff for summer camp. In the mornings, they attended merit badge classes such as astronomy and communications. The first years went to Woodruff’s mountaineering program as well as the swimming and first aid merit badges. The scouts then visited the nature lodge for lunch with friends and migrated to the trading post to play card games and chat amongst themselves until it was time to get ready for dinner. On Thursday after lunch, most of our scouts went on rafting trips to the Ocoee and Nantahala Rivers. What a great week!
 
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Zoey
Troop Historian
 
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2023 Nat’l BSA Conv

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Today, we went to a very important flag ceremony for the 2023 BSA National Convention. They woke up at 4:45am and headed down to Atlanta. Practice for the the ceremony was started promptly at 5:45. Donning their full uniforms, they left and presented as color guard for a room packed with visiting scouters from around the country! We are very proud of our scouts. Thank you for everyone who attended!
 
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Zoey A.
Troop Historian

Full Photo Album Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ToywbC4KdnvfM3zA9

 

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2023-05-12: Camp Rainey Mountain

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We recently traveled to Camp Rainey Mountain for the first time. Willow, our new SPL, took on the task of cooking, starting Saturday with pancakes. We then headed to the waterfall and wandered around for a while. We returned to camp for lunch, walking tacos, and walked to the HQ. Once we had reached the HQ, it started raining pretty quickly. We were all conveniently under the pavilion, and the scouts moved inside to play checkers and a few very anxious games of Jenga. Once the rain had subsided, we went back to camp and ate silver turtles with lemon cake before moving to the amphitheater. When we had returned to our adirondacks and gone to sleep, we quickly awoke to the rukus of a skunk that had entered the scoutmaster’s cabin! Overall, a pretty great weekend!
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Zoey
Troop Historian
Scout Picture Day

2023: Scout Picture Day

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In addition to our Court of Honor & change of leadership last week, we also held our first annual scout picture day. It’s so exciting to see these new traditions starting! Check out a couple highlights below and the full album link will be sent out soon.
 
We know some scouts were not able to make it last week and will try to coordinate a makeup day in the coming weeks.
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