2022 Camp
Nice arial view of our lake... (our campsite is on the hill at the left of this photo & overlooks the lake )
2022 TROOP 4 ARRIVES @ WAUBEEKA
Typical 2 boy tent on a raised wood platform
The famous "Troop 4 Harry Potter Maple Tree " at the rear of our campsite.
> Unfortunately it has fallen gravely ill & will not be there in 2023. :o(
On our lake: kyaking, canoeing, row boating, sailing & cool daily swimming.
Daily meals are cooked in our site on a "barrell stove" & a "sheepherder" grill.
While preparing meals, there are 2 tubs of water being heated for a sterile cleanup
Meals with friends & guest Staff at our double picnic table
Following each meal the Troop does an efficient hot water cleanup ending with a sanitzer rinse
" Where's Waldo ?"
Someone looking for the Troop ?
The Waubeeka Warterfront
structure ---- designed by aTroop 4 Eagle Scout & architect, John Davis
Week 1 ends all too quickly
with a "Closing Camp Campfire" .
Troop 4 then celebrates another great week with our traditional "Troop 4 Feed " at the MacIntyre Pavillion
Getting outfitted for the Raft Trip on the Sacandaga River.
Walking the raft to the riverside
Memorable as always
Week 2 always atarts with a 5 a.m. trip to the laundromat , breakfast, a trip to an historical site ( This year = Fort William Henry in Lake George ) &
this year a trip to the Great Escape Amusement Park & Waterpark . Lunch & dinner at local restaurants ( a welcome break from cooking) and then back to Chestertown for the annual fireworks & a night visit to Stewart's for a pre-bedtime snack.
Always spare time for fishing....
or the rifle / shotgun range, archery, nature lodge, scoutcraft
area or just relaxing in the
Adirondack clear environment !
Lots of friendly wildlife ....
Week 2 also ends with a
closing Campwide Campfire by our Lake.
Troop 4 's huge assist to Waubeeka
Beginning during Staff Week & running through the 3rd night of Week I , 2022 : Howard & Uncle Steve replaced every Quartermaster "pack basket" in Camp.
After removing a mountain of duct tape, various rope, bailing wire, rotting bungies & worn out shoulder & hip straps the deecades overdue overhaul was ready to begin. [ See pix at left ]
The Reservation Director & Ranger provided tools & all the new glavanized & stainless hardware & buckets for success.
Many hours later, dozens of rejuvenated baskets were completed ---- one for every patrol in every Waubeeka Troop. Finally Scouts ----especially smaller Scouts ---- could now bring commissary supplies to their Troop Sites with less strain & discomfort !
[ Pix on right .... on day two of the project ]