Scouting

Roll With the Changes

On the surface, it all seemed so seamless: one Scout troop, split into three crews based on experience level, cruising through miles and miles of the backcountry of Yosemite National Park.

As the Scouts and adults from Troop 65 in Morgantown, W.Va., soaked in the sights and sounds of the pristine wilderness around them, you’d never know the twists and turns that went into planning and executing such an adventure.

Plan A? Plan B? Not quite. “I think we ended up on our Plan E,” says Dave Campbell, an Eagle Scout and one of the adult leaders who helped the Scouts work out the details for this outing last June.

Looking to the West

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