The camp out, although cold, was great. It was unfortunately a slow day of fishing, but the younger, less experienced scouts had a fun time. The powerbait was easy enough to use without any real prior experience. The wind did make for a long day of fly fishing but after we had caught enough fish… Read more

Congratulations to Clayton Seeger for completing his District Eagle Board of Review this evening and officially earning the rank of Eagle Scout! He did a great job representing himself and the troop.  Also, congrats to his proud parents! Read more

Recently our troop went out to Galena for president’s weekend to ski; here are some photos of the great time we had. Read more

The Hawn State Park backpacking trip was a one-night, 9.5 mile backpacking trip on December 9th through 11th. On Friday night our crew left from LMS and, after an hour long drive, we arrived at Hawn State Park. Once we found our campsite, we pitched our tents, threw in our gear and called it a… Read more

Over the weekend of Nov 5 and 6, Troop 344 went backpacking at Meramec State Park. We got there early Saturday the 5th morning, and at the head of the trail we rapped up our preparations and set off. The loop was 8 miles, 6 of which we did that first day. The hike was… Read more

On the weekend of October 21st to 23rd we had a campout based on rock climbing and rappelling at the castle rock campsite. We got down to the ranch slightly later than usual on the night of the 21st and after a slightly strenuous time of setting up camp and helping the new scouts, we got everything… Read more