Rodney Scout Reservation, 16-18 May 2025, Sign up Online and Pay at
Troop Meetings
Updated 6 May 2025
Please register to participate using the Online Event Registration
Form and pay the Treasurer at a Troop
meeting.
Our next camping trip is to Rodney Scout Reservation in North East, MD.
We last camped here in March 2007! The weekend activities include
Geocaching, Archery, and COPE. (Check back for updates.)
Actions required by participants before the trip:
- Complete
the Event Registration Form and pay the
Troop Treasurer at a Troop Meeting.
- The registration form should be completed by all Scouts and
Adults participating during any part of the weekend including just
driving.
- Only Adults, who are registered with the BSA and Troop 497, are
permitted to camp overnight with Troop 497 Scouts.
- Re-register if you need to make updates or cancel your participation
after you submit your initial registration.
- The
cost for the trip is $20 for Scouts and $10 Adults. Pay the
troop treasurer at a Troop meeting.
General Information
- The main activities for the
weekend are Geocaching, Archery, and COPE.
- This is your last opportunity for a PASS Meal until the
October trip. Send you menu to Mr Kakel today!
- Check this
link for a Weekend Personal Clothing and Gear List.
- Carry a flashlight in your pocket for when you arrive.
- We will return to the shed on Sunday at 2 PM and take care of
the gear used on the trip. Parents should arrive at 1:45 to pick up
their sons who had carpooled with another adult.
Shelter
- We will be tenting this weekend. Scouts must sleep in troop tents
and adhere to normal BSA guidelines for tenting with other scouts as
we do on any other camping trip. Adults may tent in their personal
tents or a troop tent.
Food
- This is a Patrol cooking trip.Turn your menus into Mr. Michels by 2
May.
- Special dietary restrictions: Special dietary restrictions:
If your son has special dietary restrictions you would like the patrol
to attempt to accommodate contact the Patrol Leader. PLEASE BRING
SPECIAL FOOD AS NEEDED.
Adult Menu Check
for an update closer to the trip
Transportation
- Drivers should bring your EZ Pass. The Susquehanna Bridge Toll is
$6 with the pass and $12 without it!
- Please register to drive using the Online Event Registration
Form.
- These are the suggested driving
directions. The route is about 58 miles and should
take about 1:05 hour depending on traffic. The route has tolls.
- You should still complete the online registration process
if you are a Virtus approved driver and you are volunteering to drive
but don't plan to camp.
- The Troop's transportation coordinator may actively recruit parents
to drive to/from the camping location if we don't have sufficient
adult volunteers to drive. You may be asked to drive one or both ways.