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- From: rweisbe@starfleet.nswc.navy.mil (Bob Weisbeck)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting
- Subject: Camp Raven Knob, North Carolina
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.174005.8245@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 17:40:05 GMT
- Sender: news@relay.nswc.navy.mil
- Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center
- Lines: 29
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- We had the same situation about 3 years ago. The first year we teamed up with
- a local troop in the area and went to Camp Rock Enon near Winchester Va..
- It was cheaper than Goshen (all the camps we went to cost about $25 less per boy
- than Goshen) but Goshen offered many more facilities.
- We also went the last week and ended up getting all the leftovers for meals
- which wasn't so great.
-
- The next year we went to Camp Raven Knob, near Mt Airy, North of Winston-Salem
- area. This camp was great. We hiked to the top of the knob on evening the boys
- really liked it. We had on new older scout that joined and he did horseback all
- week. The camp had a lake for swimming instead of a pool which was the only
- complaint that the boys had (only 2 of the 12 boys were swimmers anyway). Staff
- was friendly, and the Px was nice. They had a wide range of merit badges offered
- some as I recall were not offered at Goshen (and vice versa). The OA tap in cermony
- was the best that I ever saw.... Really. In addition we spent an extra day to go
- there and took the boys to Petersburg National Park (in Va), camped the night in
- Greensboro, NC and the morning before checking into camp went to Guildford National
- Park ( in Greensboro).
-
- The next year we went to Camp Davy Crockett between Johnson City and Jefferson
- City. I would rate it with Goshen except I don't remember if it offered a
- High Adventure like Goshen.
-
- This year we finally went to Goshen and the boys really enjoyed it. Only one
- of the older scouts when for High Adventure this year.
-
- Next year is open for discussion maybe Raven Knob again but the older boys
- want to do either the High Adventure at Goshen or a different camp. We're open for
- suggestions......
-