Nashua Boy Scout Troop 19 dominated Acadia National Park in August. Our 3 day adventure campaign, based at Blackwoods Campground, began with some tackling an 18 mile carriage road bike ride around Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond, while others biked 13 miles around Eagle Lake.
The victory spoils were ice cream for all at Bar Harbor, before a victory cruise up Cadillac Mountain. The evening victory feast of bagel pizzas, pasta and meatballs was cooked in Dutch oven, as were the morning breakfast sandwiches and pancakes.
Scouts clung to iron rungs and ladders on ascent of steep thousand foot “Precipice” and marched over Gorham Mountain. They braved the sheer drop off of “Beehive” with only pitoned hand-holds for comfort. Relief from boot abuse was found in the freezing water of Sand Beach.
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On the last August night of Troop 19 fun, the Troop steamed their lobsters at the campsite and ate like kings, complete with bibs and butter.
A crowning adventure before reaching Nashua on returning home, good fortune shown for Troop 19 as the Monday morning rain broke. The side trip to Ft. Knox near Bucksport Maine let the Troop spend the next two hours exploring the passage ways of the Civil War era fort and thinking of times past.
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After a picnic lunch, Troop 19 made one more stop at Freeport outlets for the adults and the scouts enjoyed one last ice cream cone.
Troop 19 has a very active outdoors program as one method to achieve the aims of scouting. The Troop 19 adventure for 2017 is only 4 months away. Troop 19 meets weekly at Pilgrim Church (4 Watson St., Nashua) on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. For more information on the Troop’s year round program, visit www.troop19.org.
