Last Weekend Troop 1916 held our 2nd annual 3-day ski trip to Timberline Four Seasons Resort in West Virginia. We had 17 scouts, 1 sibling, and 6 parents on our trip. We also had a few additional parents and siblings who elected for more refined nearby accommodations, but were part of our crew on the mountain nonetheless.

Central heating, a roof over their heads, modern plumbing, and electricity--unusual ingredients for scout weekends, but (just like every year) the boys certainly seemed to enjoy their annual sleep-over at the church.

Wow, was it pretty yesterday. Winter brings brilliant blue skies to Virginia. Then you add-in frozen waterfalls and snow dusted hills. Just a wonderful day.

Pretty simple: keep moving or get cold - Duncan Knob Hollow wrap up

We had an excellent showing of Scouts and adults for this weekend's trip. The Scouts were Ben J, Braden B, Brandon C, Brendan L, Chris K, Christopher D, Christopher F, Daniel H, Ethan B, Ian F, Ian S, James R, Jason H, Jordan C, Mario M, Matthias Z, Nick B, Noah C, Owen C, Tigo A, and Tim J. And the adults were Ben K, David J, Keith F, Matt L, Matt S, Max M, Michael D, Misa C, Mitch B, Shelly C, Steven Z, and me.

It started bright and early with our Scouting for Food efforts nobly lead by our very own Jason Coopersmith. Due to his brilliant and perfect leadership we managed to haul in approximately 1,700+ lbs of food. An awesome effort by all concerned and our biggest haul ever.

What a beautiful day to be outside. Yesterday promised to be a beauty and by gosh did it deliver.

We met bright and early at Total Wine and I know how happy the boys (and some parents) were to be up and at ‘em at 6:45 on a Sunday morning! It was dark but reassuringly warm

Trooop 1916 just had another fine fall outing. Fifty Scouts (including 4 of Webelo age) matched wits with the wind and some overgrown squash for a memorable weekend.

Signal Knob is not a hike for delicate little flowers that want to go for a leisurely Sunday morning stroll. It is a hard hike with lots of elevation. You all know by now what the pay-off is when we mention the word elevation – wonderful vistas!!

Troop 1916 had another successful outing over the weekend with its canoe campout. While this year’s longer route was a challenge, we all benefited not only from more exercise, but also from more scenic views this time around. The weather cooperated as well.

11 scouts and 9 scouters spent the last throws of summer hiking in the beautiful Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest. It’s about 3 hours due west from here and just a tad north of Seneca Rocks in West Virginia.

Twenty highly heat-resistant sailors enjoyed some beautiful breezes on the Potomac on Saturday afternoon.

I know, the temperature is 97 degrees and the humidity is 400% giving you a heat index of 1,500 degrees, let’s go hiking!!

Here you will find the daily write-ups sent back to the troop from Sea Base. It was a real treat to spent time in the Keys and all of us ended the week as fully certified PADI open water divers.

We all arrived yesterday afternoon and saw many familiar faces on the staff from last year. The check in went well, we swim tested, we ate and then watched what could be classified as a unique opening campfire (minus the campfire!).

Yesterday’s weather was perfect for hiking in any month let a lone in July. We met as usual in McLean nice and early, 7 a.m. and headed out west to the park. Once in the park we headed south on Skyline Drive, which is probably one of the worlds greatest and most beautiful roads, for about 20 miles until we reached the Dark Hollow Falls parking lot. 

We met bright and early in McLean and then headed out to Old Rag. As we approached the mountain I noticed the very low cloud level and it suddenly dawned on me that the beautiful views you normally get at the top might not happen today.

From a weather perspective our biking outing was only missing snow. We had driving rain, strong winds, clear blue skies and a star-filled night sky.

Our third hike in the series took place yesterday in Little Bennett Regional Park in Maryland.

The 2016 Projectoree is done and dusted. Troop 1916 did really well with our patrols taking 3rd, 6th and 7th positions out of 27 competing patrols.

At this time one week ago, a group of sixteen Scouts from Troop 1916 were navigating their way through the woods, around large rocks, over fallen logs, through creeks, and up and down the hills of Catoctin Mountain Park in search of orienteering posts.