WEST POINT OUTING WITH THE 3VA!!!

                Instead of going to school on Friday, I was on my way to West Point. Granted, the bus trip was more than four hours long, but it was worth it. When we got to West Point (not the campus may I add, just some woods around it) and we began the three mile hike up bull hill. Unfortunately, I don’t have any good landscape pictures, as I didn’t bring a camera, but the view is pretty good from the top. I finally got a bull hill pin this year (they ran out early last time) and we went down the mountain to our campsite. The adults had set up camp while we were hiking there, so we just messed around for the rest of the night and got settled. The next morning, we woke up early and did some PT with our cadet (we called him Omo because his real name was a lot harder to say) and ate breakfast. Afterwards we went to a live demonstration of tactical maneuvers and some people parachuted in from a helicopter. I had control of a group of about seven scouts and we went around camp and did stations. Some were physical like the Ranger challenge or fitness, and some were more practical like Fire building. There were also many different demonstrations and other things to go see, like a jeep, holding a saw (a suppressive LMG) and a police exhibit. After a long day of stations, we played some ultimate frisbee and other games with our cadet and ate dinner (Lucky me, I got my hands on an MRE). Oddly enough, out of nowhere Evan Tridone shows up at the event, and we end up in the same spot at the rave/concert/dance party/giant bonfire event that night. In the morning, we packed up and left to return to Maryland. Unfortunately, due to complications we did not get a tour of the campus this year, so we went straight back. Apologies for turning this in so late, but as you can see I was a little preoccupied.