Mark your calendars, Camp Swampy was officially born as the base camp of Boy Scout Troop 417, chartered to the First United Methodist Church in Park Hills, Missouri. We've had base camps before; summer camps, camporees, klondikes and other camping adventures, but Camp Swampy has been in the works for a number of years. One of our number, Assistant Scoutmaster Barrington, created our now iconic camp direction sign pole, which has been in our camps for 2 years now. But this was the first year that the troop finally attained Camp Swampy status; two highly functioning patrols with a mixture of older, younger and brand new Boy Scouts who, generally, smelled of high heaven by Wednesday after being told daily to take a shower and clean their tents before Family Night on Thursday.
Over 35 merit badges, 6 Mile Swimmers, 6 nights, 14 Boy Scouts, 50th Anniversary of S-Bar-F Scout Ranch in the Greater St. Louis Area Council. What an Adventure.
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