For our first moment in troop history, we’re going back to the last week of June in 1990 for the troop’s backpacking trek in Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior.
Isle Royale is the least-visited national park in the United States because it requires a ferry or seaplane to visit, and it is mostly undeveloped wilderness. The crew from Troop 335 took the ferry to the island and backpacked out of Rock Harbor. After seeing “moose muffins” along the trail for days, they finally spied a moose swimming in an inland lake. At some point they must have lost some of their fishing gear (or maybe it was a joke) as they used an inflated ziploc bag for a bobber. Nonetheless, fish was on the menu at least one night along the trail.
The expedition was led by Martin Burg and David Beck with scouts including Dan Griffin, Seth Heiss, Dave Koeller, Matt McConnell, Chike Okeafor, Eric Summerfield, and Davis Tyner.
This was a fun memory to revisit, especially as our troop is planning another expedition to Isle Royale this coming July!
Do you know any of these scouts or can you tell us more about this expedition? Please contact us and help us connect before our troop centennial on May 26!