Spring Family Camping Trip Details

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Hi Spring Family Campers!
 
We are very excited about the upcoming pack family trip to Stone Mountain. As many of you are aware, this is a big undertaking and for this to be as fun as possible for our families, we will need lots of help to get everything there and back.  Below is a list of volunteer opportunities for the Spring Family Camping Trip, please email me back and let me know if you are available to help with any of these.
 
  • Bring Side Dishes/Salads/Desserts to go with our cookout for the Friday Night. Please email me and let me know what you are planning to bring so we don’t double up.
  • Bring coolers with extra ice in them for the weekend. We always need extra ice.
  • Jordan Peterson & Stefano Marsella have done an amazing job of packing most of what we need up but we need some vehicle space to carry it all to Stone Mountain. If you have any available space in your car/van/truck that we could use to carry some items, please let us know. We are planning to put everything in the vehicles starting at 1:00 pm on Friday, if that time is not convenient, email me anyway and we can work something else out.
  • Pack Kitchen/Eating & Meeting area Canopy – help putting up the big Pack Canopy at the camp. We need 6-8 people.
  • Kitchen Helpers – we need help unpacking the kitchen, working in the kitchen and packing it up to go back. If you can help with any part of this, please let me know.
  • Campfire – Anyone with musical or slightly musical talents (the kids don’t care, they just want to have fun) to help at our Saturday Night Campfire. We have scout song books to help.
  • Pack Hike Help –   We will need parents to volunteer to be the lead/tail, so if you know this is a strength of yours, please volunteer.
  • Dutch Oven Dessert Contest – On Saturday Night, we will have a dutch oven dessert contest. We have dutch ovens that may be borrowed. I will need to know if you plan to enter the contest so we will make sure we have enough desserts for dinner Saturday. It is recommended that you bring parchment paper or dutch oven liners to make it easier to clean afterwards. Also, you will need to bring charcoal and a chimney. We will also be taking dessert donations for Saturday night (in addition to Friday night)- let me know.
    Here are links about the Dutch Oven Cooking from our pack website:

We seriously need your help, please email me back about any of these.
 
Camping Trip Details:
 
Where are we going and how do I get there?
We are staying in the group camping site at Stone Mountain State Park. The address is 3042 Frank Pkwy, Roaring Gap, NC 28668. The park hours are 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Please plan to arrive before 9:00 pm or you will not be able to come in to the park. If you are arriving Saturday, you can enter as early as 8:00 am.

Directions:

From 421 N:
  • Take Hwy 421 N to I-77 N.
  • From I-77, take Exit #83 (Hwy 21 N, Sparta, Roaring Gap) (LEFT Exit)
  • Go about 13 miles to Traphill Road/ State Road 1002 and turn Left. Look for the brown state park sign.
  • Go about 4 miles to John P Frank Pkwy and turn right. Look for the brown state park sign.
  • Once you go through the gate and past the visitor’s center, look for the road to the camping area and turn right.
  • The group camping area is on the left.
Site assignments: We have all four camp sites reserved (they are all in close proximity). The scouts will be assigned to a site by rank. If you have multiple scouts in different dens, you may choose which site to set up your tent. Please click here to see a quick and dirty site map from my memory.
  • Webelos II: 1st site to your left, closest to the food area
  • Webelos I: Site at the end/back
  • Bears: 1st site to your right
  • Wolves: 2nd site to your left
Parking: Parking is available in front of the camp site; however, if we don’t all fit there some of us will need to park by the visitor center after unloading.
What should I bring:
 

It will be hot so pack with that in mind, suggested items to bring:

  • Chairs
  • Tent
  • Sleeping bags – light weight
  • Air mattress (there is power at the bath house area)
  • Ear plugs
  • Pillow
  • Flashlight
  • Lantern- helpful if you have extras to bring to put around campsite
  • Toiletries- there are showers available
  • Towels
  • Shower shoes
  • Sunscreen
  • Bugspray
  • Sunglasses
  • Hat
  • Cup for hot drinks and water
  • Comfortable shoes and clothes
  • **Scout’s Class A Uniform**
  • Rain Gear, ponchos
  • Refillable Water bottle
  • Any personal medication
 Dogs: You are welcome to bring your dog if it is friendly around other dogs, strangers and children. 
 
What’s on the menu?
(Subject to change, as needed)
 
Each Den is assigned a meal to be in charge of, this includes the boys as well as the parents.
 
Friday dinner: Webelo II Den
  • Hot dogs & Vegetation Options
  • Salads (variety- fruit, pasta, potato, green)
  • Desserts
  • Lemonade
  • Water

Saturday breakfast: Wolf Den

  • oatmeal
  • cereal
  • grits
  • hard boiled eggs
  • sausage
  • fruit
  • juice
  • coffee
 Saturday lunch: Bear Den
  • sandwiches
  • chips
  • fruit
  • dessert
  • lemonade
  • water
Saturday dinner Webelo I Den ** Scouts wear class A Uniform **
  • Pulled Pork
  • Roasted Chicken
  • Cheese quesadillas for vegetarians
  • Baked beans
  • Carrot sticks
  • Salads
  • Dutch oven desserts

Sunday breakfast: All Remaining Scouts

  • cereals
  • yogurt
  • fruit
  • oatmeal
  • juice
  • coffee
What’s on the Schedule?
(Subject to change, as needed)
Friday:
Arrive /Set up camp – 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Setup the canopy tent (Jordan, Stefano, Anyone else?)
Dinner prep – 5:30 pm Webelo Den – scouts & parents
Dinner / Clean-up – 6:45 pm-8:00 pm Jordan, Stefano, Others, Webelos-prep/clean-up
Lights out 10:00 pm
Saturday – May 30, 2015
Morning:
 Breakfast Wolves-prep/clean-up – 7:30 am-8:45 am – Tiger families need to come to the kitchen at 7:30 am
 Family Hike / Service Project – 9:15 am-11:45 am
 Meet Park Ranger at Lower Trailhead Parking Lot for safety comments, pass out vests, gloves, bags –
 Begin hike Loop (2.5 miles): 
9:15 am-9:30 am 
Wolf Rock Trail (1.5 Miles, Moderate, Red Square Blaze)
Intersect Cedar Rock Trail (1.0 Miles, Moderate, Red Circle Blaze)
Stop at Homestead before hiking back to Lower Trailhead Parking Lot.
Afternoon:
 Lunch Bears-prep/clean-up – 12:15 pm-1:45 pm – Bear Families need to come to the kitchen as soon as we return from the hike
 Den Specific Time – 1:45 pm-3:00 pm
 Scouts prepare for camp fire skits – Den leaders coordinate
 Whittling Chip Wolves – Shane Harterink coordinates
 Free time/Family time – 3:15 pm–5:00 pm
Scouts and parents may go to water holes, hike around campsite
Prepare for Dutch-Oven Contest 
Evening:
 Dinner Webelos I-prep/clean-up– 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
 Campfire 7:15pm – 9:00pm:
 Songs and Music playing –
 Skits (Den Leaders)
 S’mores and Dutch-Oven contest
 Flag Ceremony – Shane Harterink coordinates 9:00 pm-9:30 pm
 Lights out – 10:00pm
 
 Sunday – May 31, 2015
Morning:
 Breakfast All remaining scouts prep/clean-up – 7:00 am-8:15 am
 Vespers (Stefano Marsella coordinates) – 8:30 am-8:45 am
 Pack up and departure
 

My cell number is 336-692-4519 and Stefano Marsella’s number is 336-748-2849 if you need to call the camp; however, cell reception can be spotty.

I will send out more messages, if needed.
 
Take care-
Shannon