Gettysburg with the Boy Scouts

What better way to visit Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with 20 scouts and leaders, than as camp cook? It was a delicious experience!

Miller was a real soldier, perservering through camp with lots of scouts of the BOY variety.

They all brought bikes, and even Sawyer made the 10 mile course.

Statues from states honoring civil war soldiers, on both sides, fill the fields.

Cooper was an honorary scout, days away from turning ten.

The boys earned five merit badges, including Sculpture, American Heritage, Pathfinder, Signaling...

and Horsemanship, one of the scouts' favorites.

We didn't think an expensive trail ride was possible, but everything fell into place and the boys got to ride!

We worked on the genealogy merit badge, and researched family members who had fought in the Civil War. Porter is named after a union soldier, Rufus Porter Glass. This is a monument to his Maine regiment.

There were lots of hikes and battle grounds to visit.

Scoutmaster Jarrod

Even Ranger got to come!

Hershey, Pennsylvania is nearby, and was a favorite stop.

Most of the motley crew!

Missing are all of the great leaders who made this trip wonderful!

Thank you to all for your hard work and efforts on behalf of the boys.