See accompanying report for the backpacking group.
On August 22 and 23 many members of Troop 48 traveled to Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia for a truck-in camp out. Another group went backpacking at the same park.
Once we arrived near the camp store at the group camp site everyone got busy setting up their tents and our two combined patrol cooking sites. After we got settled in we ate our packed lunches and headed out to Massie Gap where small groups hiked around the area. Some choose to hike up to the rock formations where there was blueberry picking on the hike up and some wild ponies near the rocks. Other groups choose to hike to the waterfalls which was more challenging but impressive after all the rain recently. We met back at camp at about 5 o’clock for dinner and a planned campfire.
Dinner was enjoyed by all even though it did start pouring. For the most part, our food stayed dry. The rain did not stop our troop campfire, lead by Dylan Lawrence, it just meant we met around a fireless campfire. We had skits, played games, and listened to a dramatic reading of The Raven before turning in for the night.
The next morning everyone got up, ate breakfast and we had a church service, lead by Tanner Mims. The camp was cleaned up, some people headed back home and some went off for short hikes near the visitor center. We met back at camp for lunch where we met up with the backpacking group before finally breaking camp and making sure we left no trace before leaving.
Overall, a great time was spent together at Grayson Highlands State Park.
Attending (includes backpacking group)
