Scouts Attend 2014 Summer Camp at Manatoc

For one week in June, Troop 333 headed to Camp Manatoc for Boy Scout Summer Camp. As usual for the last 40 years or so, we stayed at Buckeye campsite, which is an awesome campsite, not only because we stay there, but also because it is near the Archery, Rifle, and Shotgun ranges, along with the Trading Post (the camp store), and the Dining Hall, the largest Wormy Chestnut building in the world! Another tradition we are establishing, since they started selling hammocks at the Trading Post, is the “Hammock City” where everybody who brought a hammock from previous years or recently bought one, hangs them up in a close general vicinity. Everybody’s favorite night of camp is Wednesday night, or Family Night, where parents and siblings come out to the camp and bring dinner for their scout. One of the main purposes of camp is to start, and if possible, finish several merit badges. This year we had a ~75% completion rate overall with 56 badges finished. The most merit badges earned by a scout was 4, which several scouts did. In the end, everybody had fun, earned badges and made friends.