Crew members and older scouts in the troop participated in a wilderness survival training over Labor Day weekend. This training has been done in the past but not in a while. We learned how to build a shelter; cook food over hot coals without utensils; how to perform a search and rescue; how to identify plants and which ones we can and can’t eat, especially in the area that we live. We learned how to eat cattails, acorns, and pine needles in a pine needle tea. Almost everyone who went really enjoyed the weekend and learned a lot and would like to do this training again to take in more of the information.
By Allie