 Philmont 08/14It’s said that every Scout should visit Philmont for a backpacking trip to complete their scout experience. Philmont is a high adventure base in northern New Mexico covering 137,000 square miles. Troop 59 visited in August 2014 for a 12 day, 85 mile trek. Eight scouts and three adults trained for a year for their backpacking trip and we had a terrific time. |  Troop Camporee 03/14Troop 59 puts on its own camporee each year with a different theme (last year was Baden-Powell’s Siege of Mafeking). After camping, scouts compete in shooting sports on Saturday morning. The afternoon consists of various patrol competitions from making a fire using a flint and steel to lashing together a ladder to climb a wall. The scouts’ favorite competition is the Great Escape when scouts have to climb a hill in the darkness while |  Stanislaus River 08/13This weekend campout is a great introduction to backpacking for scouts with a 3 mile hike from the trailhead to our campsite just above the Stanislaus River. Scouts learn about camping in bear country and have to filter all of their drinking water. There’s plenty of time for water play and fishing in the river while we’re there. |
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