On June 24th Boy Scout Troop 55 went to Resica Falls for summer camp. Most of Sunday was spent on a bus watching Lord of the Rings or sleeping while we awaited arrival. When we finally got to camp at Resica Falls (in northern Pennsylvania) we unloaded all of the trunks into our campsite (Cayuga […]

  On Monday at Summer Camp Nick D., Paul Y., and I went to the Nature center during the afternoon open merit badge session to take the fly fishing merit badge.  When we got there the counselor (Mr. Dave Bryan of the Cradle of Liberty Council area) assigned to that merit badge only knew a little about fly fishing […]

Four Troop 55 Scouts – Andrew D., Paul Y., Daniel R. and Charles S. – presented the colors at the opening ceremonies of the July 4th Parade in Washington, DC on Constitution Avenue.  The boys then marched in the parade carrying the Troop colors, waving to the crowd and spreading scout spirit. Not only were […]

The Yough whitewater rafting trip is a Troop 55 favorite.  In 2011 the water was extremely high and the rafts flew down the river in no time.  This year (2012) the river was at a normal level and it was a longer trip with more exposed rocks and focused rapids.  With the georgeous, sunny, warm […]

Some Laurel Caverns outing pictures are now online:     – View Now         Caption:  Troop 55 Scouts Fresh From The Lower Caverns Take a look at the main Photos Page for additional outing photos we have posted as well.

Busch Gardens Outing Nick H. – Acting Historian New Scout Patrol On the campout to Busch Gardens we had so much fun. Especially with the naval base after it which was very interesting because of all of the cool gadgets that they used. The campout had everybody psyched before we went, and there was a great turnout. Although […]