This year's venturing trip was a canoe fishing trip to Lake Lila in the Adirondacks. 5 Scouts, all Second Class and above, took part and fished hard over 4 days.
Lake Lila is a remote lake buried deep within the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area of the Adirondack Mountains. Accessible only by driving down 10 miles of semi-maintained county roads, then 5 miles on a two lane dirt road, follow by a single lane dirt road for 6 miles to the trail head and finally a 1/3 mile portage of all equipment down a trail to the access point, the lake is the largest body of water in New York State that the shoreline is 100% owned by the State. While this might not be quite as remote as last year's venture it was close.
With a large storm moving in Thursday night we hastily found a campsite on the lake and made camp. By 9pm we were all buttoned up and in our tents as the rains started. A hard steady rain lasted until early the next morning but all tents and equipment stayed dry.
Morning brought sunshine and the start of three perfect days of weather for the rest of the trip.
Mornings and evenings were filled with fishing and our downtime was during the afternoons between sessions on the water when we cooked our big meals and rested around the campsite.
The scouts got lessons in filleting fish and practiced on their catch, then cooked everything up for very tasty evening snacks before bedtime.
Back home and rested its time to start thinking about next years venturing trip.
For the full photo record of the trip please check out our Troop photo album at:
