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West Virginia Whitewater Rafting
On the weekend of August 16th a group of 16 scouts went on a whitewater rafting trip to West Virginia. They left Saturday morning and spent the day rafting. They camped Saturday night, and spent Sunday rafting before departure. Read more
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Biking Trip and Philmont Shakedown
On Friday the 12th through Sunday the 14th a group of scouts prepping for Troop 79’s upcoming Philmont trip — which will take place in the summer of 2026 — alongside a group of bikers from Troop 79 traveled to Camp Powhatan to spend their weekend. The Philmont preppers arrived on Friday and set up Read more
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Blue Ridge Runner’s Backpacking Trek – Nov 2024
This Fall we hit the trail off of the Blue Ridge Parkway down into St. Mary’s Wilderness for a wonderful trek. While not overly strenuous on the way down, we had a solid hike back up the next day. Learning to navigate water crossings and well, just learning how to navigate were some of the Read more
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Philmont High Adventure 2024
Troop 79 prepared and sent two crews to New Mexico to experience Scouting’s Premier High Adventure program at Philmont. Read more