Local Cub Scouts Finds Fun and a Surprise While Hiking the Wissahickon

There’s lots of adventure in trekking over steep terrain and woodland trails on a brisk fall day, especially if you’re a Cub Scout! That was the consensus of hikers – Cubs and their families who are part of Flourtown-based Cub Scout Pack 173 - who spent their pre-Thanksgiving Sunday exploring the hills and valleys along the Wissahickon Creek in Chestnut Hill.

Of course there were things to learn along the way: things like nature, safety, wilderness survival, “Leave No Trace.” All that is an important part of Cub Scouting. There were also some sweat and tired legs as the Pack overcame obstacles. But that was quickly forgotten when the Cubs discovered the well-hidden statue of Teedyuscung, the Indian who by tradition guards the park! Based on a vote taken at the end of the hike, Pack 173 will definitely do this again!

Cub Scout Pack 173 meets monthly at the First Presbyterian Church on Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown and is open to all boys in grades 1 through 5. Its members come not only from the schools of Upper Dublin and Springfield, but the Colonial District, St. Genevieve’s, Germantown Friends, Norwood-Fontbonne and Ancillae-Assumpta Academies. For information on joining the pack, contact Miss Ellie (4pack173@gmail.com), Miss Kim (kwmshm@concast.net) or Mister Ed (egrivner@comcast.net).