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Whiteoak Canyon Trip (Shenandoah National Park) - August 7-9, 2009

The troop tackles a hiking trip through Whiteoak Canyon in the Shenandoah National Park. Eight of us meet up at the church at 6:30 Friday night to begin our trek. After the battle with the Friday evening traffic we make it to our campsite. A quick setup and a small cracker barrel are all that we do for the rest of the evening turning in to rest for our hike the following day.

We wake bright and early to deer wandering through the campsite and get the day started with a massive helping of pancakes. We are then quickly on our way to the trail head ready to set out on our nearly eight and a half mile trip down and back up Whiteoak Canyon. The circuit trip was described as a very strenuous hike with multiple waterfalls and cascades. We spend the morning hiking down the Cedar Run trail to the bottom of the canyon. We stop and take breaks along the way at each of the waterfalls. At the bottom, we break for our trail lunch before we start our way back up out of the canyon along the Whiteoak Canyon trail. We were sure to take in the three Whiteoak Falls, the largest of which was 86 feet high. After a long day's hike we make it back to the cars and head back to the campsite for dinner.

The evening was especially lazy as we'd done a good job of wearing everyone out. We enjoyed a barbeque chicken and corn on the cob dinner. Some of us sat around the campfire while others called it a day and retired for the night. After breakfast and clean-up, we broke camp and made the roadtrip back home. All in all a great trip, fantastic views and a good stretch of the legs.

Water skiing - July 23, 2009

Some of the scouts give water skiing a try for the first time. Some even test the more challenging underwater method.

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