First we will all need to meet in the parking lot at 40 Patriots Point Rd, Mt. Pleasant  SC  29464 at 7:30 pm.  Please allow 5 hours to travel.  We understand this cuts everyone’s day short, but it is necessary.  You will need to eat dinner on the way. This trip is a little different than most of our events.  We MUST enter as a group.  They will not allow us on the ship until everyone is present.  I don’t think anyone wants  to be the cause of everyone standing around waiting for a long time.  We will have orientation and a fire drill Friday night.  If you have any issues getting there, please contact your Leader or Chris Hull (the Leader in Charge) at 336-287-7298.

Also if there are any changes in the person or persons attending, for instance, mom is going instead of dad who signed up, please let me know.  Yorktown must have our breakdown of women, men, boys, girls.

The pier to the ship is 600 ft long.  With this in mind, every person must carry or roll your luggage down the pier.  I also understand space is limited for storage of your luggage, so please pack fairly light.  Please see the list of suggested items attached below.

Friday night, everyone should wear their Class B Uniform (Pack t-shirts, if you don’t have a pack shirt, please wear a Cub Scout shirt.  If no Cub Scout shirt, then any t-shirt will do.)  Saturday, the Scouts and Leaders will wear their Class A Uniform.  (formal uniform)  Please wear appropriate clothing of your choosing Sunday.

Saturday morning, we will be taking a boat for the Charleston Harbor Tour.  We will be departing at 8:15am for this tour.  Please ensure that you are present for this experience.

In the afternoon, the children will become Astronauts and explore space like never before with a Virtual Reality Space Mission!  Your Den Leaders will tell you what time to meet for your course.

The Yorktown kitchen staff will provide for Saturday; Breakfast, a sack lunch, and dinner.  They will also provide breakfast Sunday morning.  Breakfast and dinner are served “Navy” fashion in the Chief Petty Officers’ Mess on the ship.  The menu can be found at: http://www.patriotspoint.org/assets/pdf/camper_menu.pdf

A list of ingredients can be found at:

Please do not bring carry-on food or drinks during your stay.  Exception is given to those with food allergies.  (The kitchen staff does have a list of the food allergies and is working to ensure the individuals with allergies are fed appropriately.)  If you need a snack there is a snack bar located landside and one in the hangar bay on the ship.  There are also vending machines located on and off the ship.  

Some things that you will need are:

toiletries

pillow

sleeping bag or bed roll

medicines

ear plugs (metal ship reverberates snores)

Eye Covers (for safety they do not shut all lights out.)

Small extension cord

Extra cash for snack machines

coat or warm jacket for Harbors Tour (It’s very cold on the boat Sat. morning.)

Class A Uniform

Closed Toe Shoes only

Shower flip flops

towel/washcloth

Maybe a small fan (men reported it was hot in berthing area)

Please review the attached rules as safety is a first priority for Yorktown and your leaders.  You are expected to know the rules when you board.

If you have any further questions.  Or think of something I missed, please fell free to reach out to me.  I know this is a lot of information.

Hope

615-516-8922