The November weather was great — cold but not bitter (45F to 28F) — no wind. Everyone gathered at the church, checked gear, food etc and received some initial words of wisdom. The road trip was only about 1hr 20 min down. Started hiking around 10:00am. The first stop was a meadow about 1/2 mile up and a great place for a snack for everyone. After a group picture and getting our bearings, we set off for our campsite some 4 miles further along the trail. After some heavy lifting we made camp around 3:30pm.
We had a great fire ring and open spaces for our tents nearby. Tents went up and meals were made before the darkness fell around 5:20pm. The stars were a bit intermittent. The meteor (I mean asteroid!) viewing was ok but only a few of us stayed up and tried to watch.
Rise and shine around 7:30am and on the trail for 9:30am for a quick 45 minute hike.
My key/buzz words (thorns and roses and buds in scouting terms):
- tin cans — not
- how many tarps does it take to shelter a person, patrol or troop?
- ox is to oxen, as moose is to ??
- campfire keeps us warm
- this troop is a strong team and does its best all the time
- can’t wait to get out again
Send me your pictures, thoughts, thorns, roses and buds to share with the troop and to remember for the next time! More pictures on-line.
Signed,
“Biker”
December 4, 2006 at 11:10 am |
[...] Recap of Cold Mountain Outing: From the adult perspective the trip went very well. Next time the Troop should consider doing two different hikes because the longer hike was a bit hard on the younger scouts. The older scouts showed some good leadership skills. Some of the scouts learned a hard lesson about over-packing. It had been a long time since the Troop did a weekend trip like this. Everyone learned something! The weather hovered right around freezing. Gary has posted photos online. [...]
October 30, 2007 at 11:51 am |
[...] Summary of last year’s trip to Cold Mountain online [...]