By Matthew S
Summer is just around the corner, and our troop had a fun-packed last outing before the summer! The mystery outing is an annual outing planned by our wonderful adult leaders. The details of the outing, such as the location and activities, are not revealed to the scouts! This mystery outing, our drowsy scouts mustered at St. Barts at 7:20 on Saturday and headed off to the first location of the outing. The scouts debated where they were going while in the car, and some even joked that they were going to math camp!
Upon arrival, it became apparent that we were not at math camp and were at the location of the legendary Quarry Park with its many ziplines, controlled free falls, and ropes courses! The scouts then gathered for the safety training and were released to explore the park with their buddy. The scouts then spent the day flying down ziplines, conquering ropes courses such as the Via Ferrata, which goes around the entirety of the quarry, rock climbing, and rappelling. Many of the scouts on this outing pushed themselves to face their fear of heights and, in doing so, had loads of fun.
At 3:30, our time at the park had to come to an end, and so we traveled to our next location, which was our campgrounds, which were just a walk from Lake Folsom. When we arrived at our campsite, we set up our tents and headed down to the lake. At the lake, we skipped stones and dipped our feet in the cool water. After half an hour at the lake, we headed back to our campsite and started cooking dinner. After dinner, we cleaned up and headed up to the amphitheater for skits. After skits, we all gathered around the campfire, sang scouts’ vespers, and headed to bed.
The next morning, we woke up to Calvin and Adrian, who had woken up earlier than anyone else and packed up their tents so that they could lead the scouts for the full morning. Then, we made breakfast, packed up camp, and headed home. Overall, this outing was very successful, and this is not an outing that will soon be forgotten.