As troop historian I wanted to document how the troop adapted to living in a world with
COVID-19.
Campouts during COVID were very unusual. Before COVID in March we had a Capture
the Flag campout and all the scouts enjoyed that. When COVID hit, all of our campouts
were now in jeopardy. Scouts can’t go without camping, so the Scouting community of
Troop 350 created virtual campouts, where we had all of the scouts participate in some
theme and send pictures of them doing the campout. Some examples were
Hawaiin/tropical themed and a netflix “camp in” where scouts watched “Raiders of the
Lost Ark” virtually together. We had scouts cook meals in dutch ovens, set up
hammocks in between swing sets, and Mr Hauser set up his invisible tent. When the
restrictions were lifted somewhat, we had a canoeing campout and our annual Webelos
Campout.
William Ryals,
Troop 350 Historian