#camping #cooking #cobbler Jump To Recipes On April 5, 2024 to April 7, 2024 Scouts from Pack 440, Troops 440 and Crew 440 of Ellijay, Ga gathered at Fishtrap Park of the Coosawattee River Resort to enjoy the final weekend of Spring Break in fantastic...
written by David Grubb This March, I took one Scout from Troop 440 Ellijay, my son, James to the ordeal. He was totally ready for the experience. I gave him some hints but didn’t tell him about the scant food that he would be eating. While James was off doing...
written by William Thompson On Monday, March 11th, Troop 101 celebrated with its Spring Court of Honor. Several scouts were recognized for their achievements, the most significant of which was Noel Taylor, who earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Beyond the formal...
On Saturday of September 9th, our troop went to the Ocoee River on a rafting trip. We started near the waterfall at the beginning of the river. The first rapid was shortly after we got in the water. This rapid was not too intense and was a good introduction to the...
Troop 440 went to mountain light church and had a lock-in to have fun and learn something new. We played Mario Kart and ate hamburgers for dinner and frosted flakes for breakfast the next morning. Played a little bit of nerf war with the boys. Stayed up all night...
For early November the weather was perfect. A little cool, a tiny bit of sprinkling rain, and amazing colors on the trees. Four Troops, 101, 125, 432, and 440 from four counties gather to compete in the Hungry Games, hosted by Troop 125. Kim Game Each Troop had to try...
Several requirement changes have been approved to the Hiking merit badge These will become effective on January 1, 2023. Requirement 2 Requirement 2 has been expanded into three parts, to allow Scouts to thoroughly demonstrate an under- standing of the importance of...
The 2022 fall family camping at camp rainy mountain hosted over 300 people last weekend, October 14-16th. The Cub Scout families enjoyed fishing, BB shooting, archery, trick-or-treating, costumes, and campfire. Smooth Check-in Many attendees reported that we had the...
Last Saturday 19 Scouts gathered for our quarterly NOVA event, Down and Dirty. Down and Dirty NOVA focused on geology, rocks, minerals, and volcanoes. The afternoon began with creating a model of a volcano. The Scouts spray-foamed their mountain into an aluminum pie...
An amazing weekend for Pow Wow at Camp Rainey Mountain There are no pictures of the food because it was so amazing I couldn’t think about anything except how delicious it was. To top it off there was homemade ice cream and deserts from the Chapters. The games...
