New River Adventure
Troop 236 has only been to New River twice, but both times it was a great trip. New River Adventure is based out of Camp Powhatan in the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia. It is a week of adventure … Continued
Troop 236 has only been to New River twice, but both times it was a great trip. New River Adventure is based out of Camp Powhatan in the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia. It is a week of adventure … Continued
In August of 1990 and 1992, the troop visited Mead Wilderness Base near Squam Lake in New Hampshire, the site where the movie On Golden Pond takes place. Here, scouts enjoyed a full week of High Adventure activities, including rock … Continued
A popular higher adventure trip the troop used to go on was white water rafting at Jim Thorpe River Adventures in Pennsylvania. Here, scouts and leaders would hop in rafts and go down the rapids of the Lehigh River for … Continued
This is another “High Adventure Trip” for the older scouts. The troop flies a crew down to the BSA Sea Base in the Florida Keys where they spend a week with a counselor on a boat, most often a schooner. … Continued
On several occasions, the Troop took canoe trips on the Delaware River, both for fun and sometimes to train for larger campouts (like Mead Base). On one of those excursions, Mr. Moon and Joe Rizzo, Sr. rescued and recovered several … Continued
Whenever the troop would drive down to the Pine Barrens, we would go canoeing down the long, winding Wading River. We would be outfitted by a local company with life jackets, paddles, and everything the troop would need for the … Continued
This is a five-hour, thirteen mile canoeing and kayaking trip down the rapids of the Delaware River from Narrowsburg to Barryville, New York. Fathers get a chance to bond, and spend time with their sons. Skinner’s Falls are class three … Continued