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On May 22, 2004, the Dragon Patrol went for a
5-mile hike on the Fort Henry trail at Land Between the Lakes.
Everyone learned to recognize poison ivy and identified at least 10
different animals that they saw or heard. The Dragons learned about
the buddy system on the trail and about trail blazes and how they work.
Maybe the most important thing they learned to do was to orient a map
using a compass and to read the map. At each turn in the trail, the
Dragons had to decide which way to go. Fortunately for everyone on
the hike, they got it right every time. |
| We also got to drink water that was
hand pumped and purified out of a creek and later on to take off our shoes
to wade cross another creek right before we finished the trail. The
cold water felt good on some very tired feet!
On the way home, we stopped at the B&M Dairy Freeze (a troop tradition)
and got some onion rings and ice cream. |
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