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October Backpacking Trip

The group consisted of 5 scouts and 3 adults on our October backpacking trip at Harriman State Park. Scouts went on a 7.3 mile partial loop with lunch and a photo stop at the Lemon Squeezer. While there, they oriented their map using landmarks and checked their work with a compass for practice. The steady […]

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Venture Patrol Trip to Northern Tier

From June 21st – June 30th the Venture Patrol traveled to the Atikokan Base at Northern Tier high adventure camp in Ontario, Canada (Atikokan is one of the three bases at Northern Tier). Scouts canoed across a section of wilderness called the Northern Crown Lands for a week. In addition scouts also had to plan […]

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Antietam Battlefield Tour

On April 6th Scouts visited Antietam Battlefield. Scouts camped at a nearby campsite in Washington Monument State Park. The troop took a tour of most of the battlefield stopping at important spots from the battle as well as memorials commemorating the soldiers the fought there.

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Philmont Scout Ranch

From August 5 to August 13 2023 the Venture Patrol traveled to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.  Instead of backpacking across the 140,000 acres ranch for a week, the Venture Patrol were one of only two crews that got the opportunity to do an eight day cavalcade where they road horses every day […]

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Floodwood Trek

This past summer on July 23, 2023 a group of scouts went to the Floodwood Mountain Reservation. Floodwood is located near Saranac Lake, NY and it is in the heart of the Adirondacks. During the trip scouts canoed and hiked across the St. Regis trek as well as climbed the St. Regis Mountain.

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