When: December 8-10, 2022 Where: St. Francis Church in Great Falls, VA Time: Arrive at the St. Francis at 8pm on Friday, December 9 after dinner at home or bring a bag dinner. Cooking competition and Webelos visits will take place on Saturday, December 10th. Click here to register and see all the details!
Sign up for November 2022 Outing – Billy Goat Hiking or C&O Canal Towpath Biking
When: November 12-13, 2022 Where: Billy Goat Trail – Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath Trail Time: Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 8:00 AM on Saturday, November 12th return to Great Falls Library by noon on Sunday, November 13th Troop 55 scouts will enjoy a daypack hike on the Billy Goat Trail scrambling over steep […]
Sign up for Oct 23-24 Signal Knob Backpacking!
Jamboree on the Air – October 14-15, 2022
Where: St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, VA Time: Arrive at the St. Francis parking lot at 6:00 PM on Friday evening, October 14th Finished at St. Francis by 4:30 PM on Saturday, October 15th Jamboree on the Air, or JOTA, is the largest Scouting event in the world and uses amateur radio to link scouts and […]
Dolly Sods – Scorpions Historian Report – Sep. 24-25, 2022
By: Eric Xia (Scorpions) I woke early on Saturday and got to the church at 6:35, traditionally 5 minutes late. It was a backpacking outing to Dolly Sods, one of the most outdoor-ish places east of the Mississippi River. We left the church and arrived at Dolly Sods (way after the scheduled time). We […]
Shenandoah River Canoeing at Front Royal – Ravens Historian Report – Jul. 30-31, 2022
By: Katheryn Ji (Ravens) This past outing Troop 55G and 55B had visited Shenandoah National Park on a canoeing outing. It was truly a spectacular and exciting adventure. When we arrived, many new scouts experienced carrying heavy objects such as the chuckboxes and stoves out of the trailer – now they know the meaning […]
Joy El & Whitetail Mountain Resort Ski/Snow-tubing – Historian Report – Feb. 18-20, 2022
By: Birka Chen/Joy He On Presidents’ day weekend, February 18-20, Troop 55 traveled to Whitetail Mountain, Pennsylvania, for an exciting and eventful ski outing! We arrived Friday night and camped inside nice group cabins at Joy El Camp and Retreats. Scouts played volleyball and basketball at the gym provided once we got there. We had […]