Saturday, April 27, 2019

Maquoketa Caves Campout May 24-26, 2019

Venturing Crew 2016 Maquoketa Cave State Park Campout is scheduled for May 24-26th, 2019.   This is open to all crew members.   This will also be the 2nd Philmont Shakedown Campout, so we will be having backpacking food.   Please register by May17th so we have time to order our trail food.  Click on "Read More" for details and registration information.




When:  Depart from First Christian Church at 6 PM May 24th, and return noonish on May 26th

Who:   All members of crew 2016 are invited and any adults

Where:   Maquoketa Caves State Park.

Cost:  $36 per participant

Gear:   If you are going on Philmont, please bring your fully loaded pack with all gear from the Philmont list.   In addition, please bring another bag with clothes/shoes that you are willing to get extremely dirty from crawling around in wet caves.  Bring a garbage bag to put those clothes in when you are done.    You should bring a headlamp.  You can bring knee pads if you have them.   You can also bring a full size towel to use the shower house.  All others, bring standard camping personal gear, plus a small backpack to hold food/water while we hike.

Plan:  We will arrive and setup up camp and cook dinner.  If there is time, we may go for a hike.  Saturday am, the Philmont crew will tear down tents, and all crew members will head out for about an hike.  We will eat lunch out on the trail.   We will return early afternoon to campsite and spend the afternoon exploring caves.   There may be the possiblity of going to the drive-in on Saturday night to see a movie if the crew still has some energy.   Sunday morning, we will tear down, hike a bit and return home.

Registration:   To register, please click on the link below.

https://tinyurl.com/Crew2016Maquoketa2019