These trip reports are written by the scouts.
Every campout, Troop 5 asks a scout to document what happened — what the weather was like, what went wrong, what went right, and what it felt like to be there. What you’ll find here is unfiltered: real accounts from real scouts about the adventures they planned and led themselves.
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Shelter Building – March 2025
By Peter D. In March, Troop 5 went on a one-night campout to Camp Winnebago focused on survival skills—mainly building shelters from scratch. We arrived Saturday morning and got right to work. Each patrol picked a spot in the woods and was challenged to build a shelter using only tarps, rope, sticks, and whatever else…
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In Harmony at Camp Harmony Ridge: Troop 5 Cooks Up Competition, Scavenger Hunt
By Peter D. The last weekend in January, we left the staging-area parking lot for Harmony Ridge Campground. When we arrived, we checked in and found our cabins. We went to sleep, excited for tomorrow. After waking up and enjoying our cold breakfast, we received a call to the main lodge for our first task.…
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Sled-Dragging 101: Troop 5 Competes Again in the Klondike Derby
By Peter D. Early in the morning on the first Saturday in February we arrived in the parking lot across from the reservoir at the Oakdale Area in the South Mountain Reservation. Because of not enough participants, we merged some patrols, and then were off to win the competition, dragging our sleds and equipment on…
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Sliding Into Winter Sports Weekend
By Peter D. It was Spring-like weather when we left the parking lot around 7 p.m. to go on our Winter Sports Weekend at Mohawk Mountain Ski Resort. After a long two hours, we arrived at a cabin at the Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation in Connecticut, where it was colder, and the slope from…
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Summer Means Troop 5 ‘Bivouac’ at Camp Massawipie
By Peter D. Bright and early in the morning, we set off to upstate New York to the beautiful Massawipie Scout Camp for the two-week long Troop 5 summer camp. After 6 long hours of the bus snaking, Scouts watching movies, and waiting, we made it and quickly claimed our tent spots for the next…
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Food, Friends and Friendly Rivalries
⚜ Troop 5 Boy Scouts of America Camping Trip Dispatch ▲ Troop 5 Camping Trip · Scout Dispatch Food, Friends, and Friendly Rivalries Written by Niam This camping trip was one of those trips where the fun came from more than just being away for the weekend. A lot of it came from…
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Troop 5 Visits ‘National Treasures’ in ‘Always Sunny’ Philadelphia
By Tommy V. Troop 5 visited Philadelphia for a weekend in November, and had a very amazing time. Upon arriving, Troop 5 visited The Franklin Institute, where they went to hands-on exhibits and learned about the discoveries of Benjamin Franklin. The Scouts slept in Fort Mifflin, a decommissioned military base where they got to explore…
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Troop 5 Hikes to ‘The Intrepid’
By Henry V. On a crisp Saturday morning, Troop 5 gathered at the train station, ready for an exciting day in New York City. With our daypacks and Scout spirit, we boarded a train bound for “The City.” Our destination was the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The journey was part of the adventure…
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Troop 5 Storms ‘The Beach,’ Again: a Camping Adventure Tradition
By Kristof D. It was a sunny Saturday morning in September, and we woke up with one thing on our minds: The Beach. The excitement of digging giant holes in the sand and swimming motivated everyone to move quickly. After breakfast, we packed up and piled into the cars, ready for an epic day. Troop…
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Troop 5 Olympics at ‘Camp Tabora,’ Visit to Observatory
By Peter D. At the end of May, we left around 7 p.m. as usual. About 45 minutes later, we arrived and set up camp at ‘Camp Tabora,’ a campsite owned by a longtime Troop 5 Assistant Scout Master. We slept and got up at around 7 a.m. We all had a non-cooking breakfast, worked…
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