April brought one of the most high adventure monthly campouts in recent Troop 221 history - rock climbing at the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Southeast Oklahoma! The troop left Plano around 7pm on Friday night and arrived at the Doris Campground near...
March brings a renewed since of energy and purpose; represented usually by basketball and brackets. However, Troop 221 has their own ideas of what March Madness looks like. Though no hoops are involved, there is a sense of HOOPla around this campout tradition. After...
In January, Troop 221 took advantage of the 3-day MLK weekend and headed to Corpus Christi. We spent a couple of nights aboard the USS Lexington, a US Naval Aircraft Carrier that is now a museum. Troop 221 last visited the USS Lexington in 2002, exactly 20 years ago!...
December campout, referred to as CHOPPED, was held Dec 10-12 at the YMCA Adventure Camp Pavilion located in Anna. After Lauren Hamilton collected all the signatures on the needed paperwork, off we caravanned with our orange lights blinking as we followed the trailer....
Troop 221 held one of our favorite campouts of the year - backpacking in the beautiful Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma. We started the trip at 6:30am on Saturday morning at the 17 acres parking lot, where we gathered our geared and headed out on the 4...
Troop 221 held our annual shooting sports campout, which is always a scout favorite! It was also our first campout at Big Chucky's Ranch!
Troop 221 was back at Webelos Woods in 2021! We led an obstacle course, made snow cones, and talked with parents and Webelos about Troop 221.
After two previous attempts that were disrupted due to weather, we finally made it to Crater of Diamond's State Park in Arkansas! We drove 4 1/2 hours on Friday, stopping for gas and snacks near the Arkansas border. We arrived in our camp at Lake Greeson pretty late....
Our annual canoe shakedown campout at Camp Constantin on Possum Kingdom Lake is a troop favorite! At this campout, the scouts earn their Canoeing Merit Badge and prepare for our annual Bufflao River Canoe Trip (BRCT). On Saturday morning, the scouts attend training,...