Camping and Caving

Our November campout will be a caving trip on November 10th and 11th. We will meet at the PUMC shed on Saturday, November 10th at 7 am and return late on Sunday afternoon.

We will be visiting three caves. Grand Caverns and Fountain Cave on Saturday. Luray Caverns on Sunday. We will be car camping in the Shenandoah National Park at Big Meadows. Fountain Cave is a wild cave and Grand and Luray Caverns are commercial caves.

The cost of this trip is $80 per person (including parents). Fountain cave requires a signed waiver (parents too). To attend this trip you must sign up, pay and complete the waiver. Please note, once you commit to the trip there are no refunds. The sign up will end on Tuesday, November 6th at 11 pm.  See troop email for details.

Fountain Cave requires long pants, long sleeves, boots, and an extra flashlight. Jeans are good for caving. Fountain cave will be somewhat wet. Scouts should bring a change of boots/shoes and clothes. Fountain cave will provide helmet, lantern, coveralls, gloves and knee pads. The Fountain Cave tour will be about two hours so Scouts may wish to bring water into the cave.

Scouts should bring three sets of clothes on this trip. One set for Fountain, one set to change into after Fountain and a spare set. Since we are car camping don’t forget your chair.

Luray Caverns will include the Garden Maze and their car museum.