In April our scouts camped at Antietam Creek to work on requirements and other scout skills like Totin’ Chip and Firem’n Chit.

In May our scouts went to Laurel Caverns, and they went spelunking. Our new scouts earned the Geology Merit Badge while we were there as well.

And in June, our scouts went to Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia for rafting for the Second year in a Row.

Our final year spent at the Hidden Valley Scout Reservation before it closed was full of memories and tons of fun spent together.

Some of our scouts spent Memorial Day helping the Lake Ridge Rotary Club put up flags in honor of the national holiday.

Two of our scouts completed their Eagle projects in June. We appreciate the turnout, and we were able to get both projects done quickly.

In Dec. 2022, Troop 219G received a very last minute offer to help make ornaments for sailors who could not be home for the holidays. The very short timing didn’t allow for much troop participation, but Troop 219G was still represented in the effort. Below are the ornaments that were made.

Most years, except for COVID, the PLC has elected to have an end of the year party in lieu of a campout. In 2022, one of the ASMs kindly opened her home for the party which was very well received.

For our Fall 2022 Webelos campout the PLC decided to do an Orienteering Campout. We had two Webelos join us for this event.

The Hike – O – Ree is a roughly annual campout by the NCAC and it serves as an introduction to Backpacking. Scouts pack and carry all their gear as though it is a backpacking trip, however, they do a day hike and then camp in a large field with the other scouts. This is a great way to try out backpacking for the first time. We had 4 scouts attend this event in 2022. Two of them went on to a NCAC high adventure trip in Wyoming in 2024.