This was the first weekend of Spring Break in metro-Atlanta and that includes Fayette County. Jordan’s Boy Scout Troop planned a camping trip to the Apalachicola National Forest for the first three days (this weekend) of spring break. We left from the First Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City at 8:30 am and headed south to the Florida Panhandle.
We arrived mid-afternoon and set up camp in the small campground run by the National Park Service. This campground provides a clean bathhouse and water service at each camp site, but no other services at the campsites. The campground is on a lake that is well stocked with fish and some of the boys went fishing Saturday evening before dinner. The boys made their own dinner and the Dads had grilled chicken, salad and grilled bread. Yum.
Sunday morning the boys cooked breakfast burritos for both Scouts and Dads. By mid-morning we headed toward Tallahassee to the Sinks to hike the four miles around the sink holes. After lunching at the park at the sink holes, we headed over to the beach on the Gulf Coast for the boys to play off some energy. This was, I believe, Jordan’s most enjoyable part of the trip. Like me, Jordan is a warm weather, beach kind of guy.
We were approached by a man that was with a group of young men nearby and asked if we were a Boy Scout Troop. Turns out the man was with a Sea Scout Troop from the Woodstock, GA area (North side of Atlanta) and he invited us to come up and learn to sail with them. I’m really hoping that Jordan will have interest in this type of activity.
Jordan's Boy Scout Troop at Apalachicola National Forest
Monday was our day to drive home and it wasn’t any quicker getting home than getting down there. Somehow I wound up being the lead vehicle. I’m not too wild about being the leader because I never know if I’m driving too fast or too slow. Apparently I drove too slow because the Assistant Scout Master took the lead when we stopped for gas near Dothan, AL. It was nice to get rid of the pressure. On the way back a couple of Scouts rode back with Jordan and me and it was nice to have the company. We listened to the Family Comedy Channel on Sirius Radio. There are advantages to having satellite radio sometimes.
Tags: Boy Scouts, Scouts
