I&M Canal Outing
On September 17-18, there was a biking trip to the I&M Canal. To get to the campsite the 10 scouts and 4 leaders went for a four-mile bike ride along the canal. When all of the scouts got there, they set up their tents. Everything else had already been set up by Mrs. Hopkins and Abraham O. The scouts’ campsite was directly across the canal from the Harborside Marina along the DesPlaines River. After that, the scouts made a foil dinner. The foil dinner is a variety of meats and vegetables wrapped in foil and warmed by being put in the fire. After dinner, some scouts went to sleep, and some goofed off. When the scouts woke up it was raining. They put away the tents and had dry cereal for breakfast in a pavilion. They then drove back to Riverside and were dropped off at their houses.
James S
