With the beginning of 2010, Troop 10 hasn’t slowed down in raising fine young men, and will continue at full pace coming into January.

On the first weekend of December, a contingent of Troop 10 boys braved the cold and rain to go camping at Falling Waters State Park near Chipley, FL to visit the highest waterfall in all of Florida. All scouts and leaders had a rip snorting good time, and learned many scouting skills and achieved much rank advancement.

The end of school for the semester signaled the approach of Winter Break and time off from school. It also meant that the week following Christmas Day, Troop 10 boys would be heading out to Wallwood Scout Reservation for the annual Winter Camp. In contrast to the blazing heat of normal summer camps at Wallwood, scouts would get to see an entirely different side to Wallwood: different plant and animal life, different temperature, and a different program.

The weekend of January 8th and 9th has a scheduled trip to Kolomoki Mounds State Park in southwest Georgia. Kolomoki is home to some of the oldest Native American mounds in Georgia, and is a fascinating historical site with plenty to learn about the culture that lived there. In addition, there are scenic trails and fishing opportunities aplenty, which make this camping trip a guaranteed blast!

At the end of January is a camping trip for those scouts preparing for the 2010 National BSA Jamboree, where scouts from all over the country will travel to Ft. AP Hill in Virginia. Among many scouting activities, scouts will make friendships with other scouts from all different places, and grow and learn in a new environment with lots of friendly faces.

Scout Sunday is February 7th. Immediately following the service, Troop 10 will uncover its time capsule buried under church property since 2000! It was planned to be open 10 years later, on the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting in America.