2007
Pack Trip to Cherokee
Deadline to sign up and pay fee is April
17th.
Date: May 18th through
20th
Time: Depart Parkway at 1:30 PM
Friday, Return 4PM Sunday
Where: Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cherokee and Bryson
City
Meals:
Event Description: Note* The following is
subject to change. * We will be leaving after lunch on
Friday, approximately 1:30 PM. We will stop for dinner, most
likely at McDonalds in Asheville. Then we will continue
until we arrive at the Great Smoky
Mountain Park and then make camp at
the Deep Creek Camp Site, where we have reserved
campsites 201 through 203. Then after camp inspection we will
have free time to wind down from the trip. Later, there will
be a campfire social with camp songs, treats and
beverages.
Saturday, we will have breakfast, then off to
Bryson City to visit the Lionel Train Museum, and then
back to the campsite to have lunch. After lunch, we will
plan to visit Cherokee, where we will see the Cherokee Museum and the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Then we will return to the
national forest to take a hike to the Tom Branch
waterfalls. Then back to the campsite for some free
time, fishing*, and dinner. Later, a campfire
social time, songs, stories, and treats. Sunday, we will start
with breakfast, ‘Scouts are reverent’ time, break camp and clean up,
then visit Clingmans
Dome. Depending on time, we will either take
free time for everyone to find something to eat in Bryson
City, or stop
over in Cherokee to stop, shop and slop…. We will
target departure in the 1 o’clock hour to get us home by 4PM…
*State fishing laws
apply!!!
You may purchase a fishing license
on-line.
BSA rules require that we have a minimum of one adult per
every two Cub Scouts and each Tiger Cub must have his parent
accompany him to all Scouting functions. We also must have a
completed Class 1 medical form on file for all boys attending any
Scout Campout or Trip (these should have been filled out in
August). Pack
T-Shirt ($7.50 each) is required for any
Campout.
Event Sign-up:
Cost per
parent is $35. Cub Scouts/2006-2007 Leaders are covered
by the pack. Additional family members may attend at the same
cost but camp space is limited to Cub Scout and Parent
first. Deadline to sign up is April
17th. Checks are payable to 'PACK 909'.
Please Read
Carefully:
Pack 909
Camp
Policy – Camping and other Pack paid events are
enrichment activities intended to stimulate growth and benefit the
development of our young Cub Scouts. Often the Pack must
prepay for events. If for some reason you must pull out of a Pack
paid activity that you signed up your Cub to attend, we ask that you
reimburse the Pack that amount. If the event it canceled
by the event sponsor, their reimbursement policies will apply, and
reimbursement to the Pack and parents will given accordingly.
Forms
and payment may be turned into your den leader or mail
to:
Cubmaster
Robbins
707 Lynn Dee
Dr.
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
