Troop 1 Katonah, New York

Katonah Troop 1 - Winter Court of Honor

The Katonah Troop 1 Winter Court of Honor will be held this Thursday, December 17 in the Cafeteria at Katonah Elementary School. Scouts should arrive at 7:30, we will start at 8:00pm. All Scouts, their friends, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and college-roommate's-brother's-cousin's-friend's-sister are invited. Many of our Scouts have earned rank advancement and merit badges, so please join us and share in our proud accomplishments!

The 2009 Kaaterskill Falls campout was great this year. The weather was perfect with November 7 weekend with sun and mid 50's on Saturday with low's in the high 20's at night. On Saturday, we drove straight to South Mountain and hiked approximately 5 miles around the "Rim Trail" to the site of the " Mountain House " that we visited to last year. We had lunch on the hike and all along the way were very dramatic views from the trail which at many times followed along the edge of an extremely high cliff! Even at the end of the hike, we enjoyed wonderful views of the Hudson Valley all the way to the Berkshires in Massachusetts. After the hike, we went straight to our campsite near Colgate Lake , set up camp, made dinner, and had our usual fun campfire. In the morning, we broke camp and drove to Kaaterskill Falls and made the .5 mile hike up to see them and were just as spellbound by their beauty as last year. And were then on our way home after a very fu