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May 2023 Camping and Whitewater Rafting

 On May 19-21 Troop 66 visited Hickory Run State Park, in White Haven, Pennsylvania for a weekend of tent camping and rafting. The troop visited Pocono Whitewater Adventure for an exciting and wet day of white water rafting in the frigid Lehigh River. Saturday morning began with some scouts participating in the cooking merit badge cooking breakfast for each patrol, while the other scouts made trail lunches for the boats. Following breakfast we journeyed to Pocono Whitewater Adventure. All scouts and adults participated in white water rafting, traveling over 12 miles over the course of 5 hours in very cold water. The rapids varied from still water all the way up to class 3 rapids. After a brief lunch stop on the river, we completed the adventure and returned to our camp for dinner, before a torrential downpour sent most people running to their tent.