Camp Powhatan surprised all of the Troops with evening activities and events every night. The meals at camp were surprisingly good, and had all of the nutrition needed to power our bodies. However, if you were not satisfied with the food they had to offer, you could head to the Trading Post to pick up some nachos or some mozzarella sticks.
As Scouts finished up their merit badges, they were looking forward to seeing if they had earned the badge, or just a partial. Typically, if you had followed the directions in camp, and had finished the pre-requisites, you would get the badge. Powhatan offered tons of badges to acquire, like Medicine, Sports, Geocaching, and even Swimming (but you had to go to a different camp to do water sports).
The lake was probably the least favorite part about the trip, as it wasn’t filled due to the dam breaking during the winter. Even though we had a huge thunderstorm one of the nights, it still wasn’t swimmable by the end of the week.
Before we knew it, Friday was upon us, and we were doing the very last requirements for our Merit Badges, and saying our goodbyes to our counselors. We had a “cookout” on the last night with pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob, and brownies. It was the tastiest meal that week. Powhatan hosted the closing campfire, in which the staff performed funny skits.
Saturday morning was very early, as we packed up our trunks, and made our way down the hill to wait for our transportation to the turnaround point for our charter bus. Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication with the school bus driver and we waited almost an hour for him to show up. We got onto the bus, drove to the turnaround point, got onto the charter bus, and drove 4 and a half hours back to McLean.
Overall, the camp was amazing, and we only have good things to say about Camp Powhatan. (except for the lake :) )
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