Summer Camp Packing

Changes / additions to the general camping packing list are below

Leave behind:

• Tents and cots provided so leave behind tents (sleep pad could aid comfort)
• Meals provided in cafeteria so leave behind mess kit
• Devices (cellphones are OK for pictures and geocaching, or for inside the tent during specific designated blocks of downtime)
• Food/snacks (there are many rodents and ants!)

Additional items:

• enough troop 29 shirts to wear one every day
• full Class A uniform for flag cermonies and for arrival photograph
• 2 x swimsuits that are not going to cause a wardrobe mishap during rigorous water sports (i.e. not stringy bikinis).
• extra towels
• additional money ($90 for week covers treats PLUS souvenir t-shirt and a crafting kit, so please ask your kid not to spend all of that on treats, or please send much less)
• sun hat / cap
• shower shoes

Specific items to bring:

• Specific to Camp Bert Adams:
• Specific to Camp Woodruff:
  • bring lake shoes as there is no pool, only a lake
  • If horse-back riding: bring long pants and boots with a low and flat heel (or sneakers in a pinch)
  • If whitewater-rafting: bring lake shoes with closed toe and heel strap (or old sneakers in a pinch), quick-dry shorts and shirt, floatie strap for any glasses.
• Specific to Boonesboro Village at Camp Daniel Boone:
  • books/games/crafts/fishing rod/acoustic instrument for down-time
  • solar charger or extra batteries (there is no electricity or cell signal)
  • smaller bills for tavern nights ($1 for most snacks/drinks)
  • Note, only bring swimwear if willing to walk a long way to an ice-cold lake
  • clothing for theme days (dress as if you are in the late 1700s)
    • german day, spanish day, pirate day, frontiersman/pioneer day, scottish day.

Optional items to bring:

• lantern for tent
• rashguards and goggles and swim shorts / quick dry shorts
• frisbee/ball
• Hammock for resting in
• coathanger for class A uniform
• consider rain cover for daypack (or lining daypack with a trashbag)
• cooling fan with batteries
• cooling towel
• NOTE: the tents provided at Woodruff and Bert Adams do not fully seal, so bugs get inside them. The “Sans bug” mosquito net/tube is highly recommended!