October Camporee (click for photos)

By Stella N, Life Scout

From October 11 - 13, Troop 58 was in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse! Our Annual Camporee was zombie themed, and our scouts were randomly placed with other “survivors,” and created new patrols made up of new friends! We competed in many different challenges like shelter and fire building, first aid, rifle shooting, archery, and teamwork building games. Some of our scouts were a part of “The Undead Patrol,” which came in first place overall, and are the most likely to survive the apocalypse! The weather was perfect, with only a slight chill in the evenings and some middle of the night rain. Despite a few missing ingredients, we made lots of tasty meals like spaghetti, grilled cheese sandwiches, pancakes, banana boats, and a Dutch oven peach cobbler. We look forward to next year’s Camporee! 

November Backpacking (click for photos)

By Lizzy C, Eagle Scout

On November 2nd, Troop 58 went to Echo Lake in the Catskills. We hiked four miles up and on our way we saw some really cool rock chairs, an awesome overlook and many other things. We then dropped our packs, ate lunch (which included Mr. DeCandia's trail sushi), and set out to the Fire Tower and Old Hotel. We got to explore the top of the mountain and also got to climb the fire tower and explore the old skeleton of a hotel. After our adventures, we hiked back down to the lake and set up camp where we had some awesome dinners and fires. The next morning we packed up and set out for the hike down. We saw another overlook on our way down and had a great time! Overall, we hiked 14.6 miles over the course of the two days. The scouts would rate this hike a 4/5!

December Klondike Prep (click for photos)

By Mr. Kohn, Adult Leader

We had a fun weekend at camp Rotary in the snow, learning scout skills, preparing for the Klondike Derby, hosting a few AOL scouts, pushing Mrs. Shekhter's car up the hill, and playing a marathon game of Uno (I won)! It snowed lightly for much of the weekend, and Rotary looked truly lovely.