Troop 304 NEWS - 2001-2002 Camping Trips

July 1st-7th
Summer Camp at Boston Minuteman's T.L. Storer in New Hampshire.

August
The older boys go to Philmont High Adventure Camp in Cimmaron, New Mexico. Highlights

September 22th-23th
On this camping trip we returned to Franconia Brook in the White Mountains. We backpacked in about three miles in the morning. In the afternoon, even though the weather was threatening rain, we walked about a mile up to the "falls" where everyone rode the flume into a deep pool of water. The next day we returned to swim some more before returning home.

November 17th-18th
On this camping trip we returned to our own Camp Dalton, in Milford, New Hampshire. The new boys took a five mile hike, led by the senior patrol, to meet their Second Class requirements. Others built a flag pole for their First Class camp gadget requirement. Many of the boys and adults woke up at 4:00 A.M. on Sunday to watch the Leonid meteor shower.

January 25th-27th
Eleven boys and eight adults spent the weekend skiing and snowboarding a Jay Peak Ski Resort in Vermont.

February (March 2nd-3rd)
Our Winter "Freeze Out" snow camp at Camp Dalton. Unfortunately there wasn't any snow!

March 30th-31st
Clean up and camp at Camp Dalton.

April 27th-28th
Dolly Copp and Tuckerman Ravine

May
Back to Camp Dalton

June 7-9
We camped in the New Hamphire Lake District. After a swim test the boys took two canoes and paddled around and later they swamped one. When they weren't swimming the boys worked on advancement.