This Saturday, May 15th. We will be having a day trip to Walnford Mill in Upper Freehold. Their address is 62 Walnford Road, Upper Freehold, NJ 08501. We will be meeting there at 10 AM. We will be touring around, hiking some local trails, and having lunch at the Mill. See their website for directions.
Tuesday, May 19th. This is the third Tuesday of the month when we normally would not have a meeting. Instead we are meeting in Long Branch at the site of Yusef's Eagle Scout project.
On Monday May 31 we will be marching in the Freehold Memorial day parade.
On the weekend of June 18th - June 20th we will be camping at Tohickon Valley Campground in Point Pleasant, PA. During the day on Saturday we will be rafting on the Delaware. The expected cost for this trip including campsite rental, food, and raft rental is expected to be around $40-$45 per person.
On August 14th we will be going to a Blue Claws game. Scouts are free. Parents and guests are $8.50 each. Leni will need to know if you are attending my mid June.
Summer camp runs from August 1 - 7 at Forestburg Scout Reservation.
Our last meeting before the summer break will be on June 8th.
From Route 35 in Middletown
Take Kings Highway east to Monmouth
Avenue. Monmouth
Avenue becomes Hartshorne Road. At Washington Avenue make a right to stay on Hartshorne Road. In about 1 mile make a left (after Van Tat Road)
onto
entrance for Group Cabin. Note that when I was last there, there is a
sign that says Park Administration only. You can safely ignore that
sign.
On February 21st we are meeting at 8:30 AM at Quail Hill Scout reservation for the annual Battleground District Klondike derby. Wear appropriate clothing! Sneakers are not allowed.
On March 20th - 22nd we are camping in the group cabin at Hartshorne Woods.
This Saturday their MAY be a chance to do a service project. The AT&T Pioneers are building a handicapped ramp for the Blind Citizens Association in Leonardo. They can't handle the entire troop, but if some of us want to help this Saturday for a few hours starting sometime in the morning let me know ASAP. They want to know how many people before committing to having work for us to do.
The second event is on December 6th. We are having a day trip to the Howell Living History Farm in Titusville, NJ. See Howell Farm for directions. We'll be spending the day at the farm and we will be making lunch there.
See you at the next meeting on December 2nd. (no meeting either the 16th or the 25th).
