Category: Camping

And on the third day, the Troop rested. But not until we broke camp at 9am, toured Eisenhower’s Farm, jogged 2 miles to see a sharpshooter demonstration, climbed an observation tower at the top of a hill in a rainstorm (not really, I just looked like I did because I was soaking wet), hiked an…

Woo, the boys were pushed hard today. 9.5 miles Hiked. We bushwhacked our own path up Big Round Top to give the boys the experience of how the soldiers did it. I will be shocked if no one gets poison ivy, calimine lotion is your friend. Not surprisingly, pushing through the forest under growth showed…

Ben maniacally laughs as he contemplates eating the left over pizza.

After the Visitor’s Center, we went to the site of the battle on July 1st, 150 years ago. Here the boys are learning about Gen. Reynolds. He died. Come on Mark, pay attention.

First historic stop of the trip. We made it to the visitors center. Inside, we walked around looking at some relics from the war. You know I can’t lie, the boys spent most of their time and your money in the gift shop.

Most of us (48 in total) met at the church to start our adventure. Everyone showed up and we left on-time. We are planning to meet up for an early lunch in Breezewood after our leisurely drive. We plan on getting to the camp at 1:30 pm.

Here’s a Google Maps view of our campsite on the Gettysburg Battlefield. It is part of McMillian’s Woods. Little known fact, this same field was used as a World War 2 Prisoner of War Camp from June 1945 to April 1946. It held at one point 932 prisoners, mostly Germans.

Last night, the 1-5 year camper ceremonies were held. Because of the ceremonies we were not able to post any updates and we apologize for that. But we were all restricted to the campsite and I could not get a signal to update with. The good news is that our troop won the basketball challenge…

The day is closing out on day 3 at camp. Everybody is still having a great time and working hard. Since we had the retreat banner today, we got to take down the American, Ohio and Camp Manatoc flags tonight at retreat. The American flag is really big and took a lot of the guys…

It came as wonderful news this morning that Troop 155 has won the retreat banner from last night! All of the guy looked wonderful last night and truly deserved to win the banner. Some of the honors if winning the banner are that our chaplains aide says grace before each meal and the guys get…