This months trip is to the Tanawha Trail in Blowing Rock on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will be staying at Julian Price Park both Friday and Saturday. This is a 14 mile hike along the Parkway. We will be hiking with day packs. Here is information for your patrols to use at their patrol meetings. 

• Each patrol will need Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner. Light snack if they want Sunday morning. The trailer will be available for Saturday breakfast and dinner.
• Patrols will cook a meal on the trail and also cook for the adults hiking with them. (Patrols will be reimbursed for cost of adult lunch)
• Saturday night patrols will cook a normal dinner. We will also have a Dutch oven dessert competition.
• Please encourage your patrols to pack their day packs appropriately for the hike.
• rain gear
• two Nalgenes
• one or two stoves for cooking lunch
• a patrol tarp
• a first aid kit
• a water pump
• trail snacks
• food for lunch.
• We have asked the boys to give us ideas for Saturday night activities. Will have this by Monday.
• We will take the bus to the trailhead Saturday morning. Sharks and their adults will return to camp and do their activities from there.
• Sunday morning we are going to breakfast at the Daniel Boone Inn! Our reservation is at 10:30. Will plan to leave camp at 9:30.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this trip.

Randy S