Saturday May 16th, 8 AM – Sunday May 17th Adult Organizer: Chris May | Scout Organizer: TBD Pack light for a unique campsite only reachable by canoe. This is a primitive camping area with a pit toilet and established fire ring. The paddle to camp is short (~0.5 miles), but we’ll spend around 6 hours […]
Fort Mountain State Park Camping
Friday April 17 – Sunday April 19 Join us back in northwest Georgia for camping at Fort Mountain. A nearly 900 foot long rock wall that runs along the mountain ridge, thought to have been constructed over 1,500 years ago, inspired the name of this state park. We’ll be camping at the group pioneer site […]
Personal Fitness Merit Badge
The Personal Fitness merit badge is a requirement for Eagle. It requires a commitment of at least three months and involves dedicated record keeping tasks as well as a personal commitment to do your best, to keep yourself physically strong. On Saturday April 25, approximately 10 Scouts began work on Personal Fitness merit badge. Mr. […]
Troop 129 Heads to Camp Sequoyah
Camp Sequoyah — the “Land of 1000 Dreams” — sits on the Greater Alabama Council’s 1,447-acre property in Cleburne County, with an 86-acre lake for swimming, boating, and fishing, plus a trading post, dining hall, shooting range, climbing tower, ecology lodge, chapel, council ring, and miles of hiking through old-growth forest dotted with trillium, oak […]
Unicoi State Park – Squirrels Nest Camping
Friday March 13 – Sunday March 15 Join us in early spring for camping in the quirky Squirrels Nests of Unicoi State Park. Unicoi State Park is just North of Helen and has largely become a vacation lodge that offers much more than just camping. We’ll be camping and sleeping in the Squirrels Nests. These […]
Chess Merit Badge
Please join us this Sunday, February 1st, at the Scout Hut for a Chess Merit Badge Clinic. The Clinic will be led by Mr Carey & Mr Ware. We will start at 9am and end by 1pm. Please bring your own lunch and water. If you have a COMPLETE Chess board, please bring that also. Be aware […]
Merit Badge Summit Registration Now Open
The Atlanta Area Council’s Merit Badge Summit is now open for registration at https://www.scoutingatl.org/meritbadgesummit. Classes are filling up fast – many Eagle-required merit badges are already full just days after opening on the 8th! Special Note for Scouts 13+: We strongly encourage scouts age 13 and older who have not yet completed Citizenship in Society […]
Summit Bechtel Reserve 2027
The Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia is one of BSA’s premier High Adventure bases. We are considering the Summit Experience program, which gives Scouts a taste of everything Summit has to offer – a day of shooting sports, a day of whitewater rafting, climbing, and more. Think of it as “amped-up summer camp.” You can learn […]
Vogel State Park Camping
Date: January 16-18 (Friday – Sunday) Join us for winter camping at one of North Georgia’s most popular state parks. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corp during the Great Depression, Vogel is the 2nd oldest GA state park. Approximately 2 to 2.5 hour drive from the Scout Hut. We are staying at the Pioneer site, […]
Cumberland Island Campout
Cumberland Island Campout Troop 129 is headed to Cumberland Island February 13-16. Cumberland Island is about a 5 hour drive from the hut. The only way to get on the island is via the ferry, which leaves in the morning. The plan is to travel down Friday (2/13) and spend the night nearby. We will take the […]
