Valley Pines Campout - Saturday September 18th – Sunday September 19th
Where - Valley Pines, our campground in Norwell, located at 505 Grove Street. For directions, please visit the troop website.
Note – Uniforms are never required when we camp.
Weekend campouts typically begin on Saturday morning at 10 AM or so, and end early Sunday morning around 8 AM - 9 AM. Please pick up your boy promptly in the morning on Sunday.
Cell phones are discouraged on campouts. They are a distraction and are not necessary, as we have several phones available for emergency purposes. If you need to reach your son, please contact an adult leader.
Be sure to bring weather appropriate clothing, food, and water (enough for the weekend) as well as a sleeping bag, and a pad, a flashlight, and good outdoor shoes. We will supply tents, although you're welcome to bring your own. There is also a cabin for sleeping when the weather doesn’t cooperate.
Sleeping Arrangements
• Scouts sleep at the campfire area, either under the stars or in tents.
• Adults sleep either in the cabin or next to the cabin.
• No adults are permitted to sleep in the campfire area with the scouts.
• All sleeping is as follows - Tent or Cabin or Under the stars - No sleeping in or under cars, in truck beds, etc.
• All participants must arrive before DUSK – there is no driving permitted past the final turnoff after dark. If you arrive after dark please leave your vehicle at the gate and walk in. If you arrive at dusk you can drive as far as the top of the road and park there.
• No scouts are to leave the premises without permission.
Cooking is on an OPEN FIRE - so be sure to bring a pot, eating utensils, a spatula, an oven mitt, etc. Food you cook should be easy to prepare on an open flame, easy to eat, and any rubbish should be packed out. Please do not bring fast food (Burger King, McDonalds, etc) – this is a campout – you either bring a sandwich or cook your food.
No fireworks, matches, or electronics are permitted.
Please do not bring glass bottles, sheath knives, axes, etc.
