Carla Ward volunteers at Day Camp with Basket Making.

Carla Ward of Troop 782 leads the 2K run into the TCC Campus as hundreds of local Girl Scouts have a day of “Olympic Fun.”

Girls help at the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race in Portsmouth with a display of troop activities. Singing Gypsy was a troop schooner from 1998-2012.

Scouts help crew the Singing Gypsy home to the Chuckatuck Creek after a weekend in Portsmouth.

It is five miles from Hobson to Chuckatuck on the Creek…Girls are almost to Lone Star Lakes.

Carla Ward helping younger camper with Basket Weaving.

Left to Right and Bottom to Top: Beth Gayle, Gina Hammer, Sarah Smith, Jean Hazelwood, Jenny Woolridge, Rebecca Keeling. Second Row: Lisa Carter, Tara Mahman, Kathy Humphries, Shanna Kalipono, Ann Morgan, Caroline Smith, Autumn Mather, Jenny Sharpe. Third Row: Lori Carter, Karla Smith, Jean Hodges, Amy Hughes

We are always ready to travel to new spots for a day of canoeing!

Senior/Cadette Girl Scout Troop 782 designed and marked Suffolk Waters that were good spots to canoe. The Trail included the Lakes, Creeks and Nansemond River.

This map shows the locations of public access ramps. Map includes lake and creek sites. 1990

Girl Scout Troops 782 and 721 Celebrate the opening of the Canoe Trails at Bennetts Creek Park. 1990

Jesse Canada helps Cathy install a sign at the mouth of Cedar Creek marking the entrance to Lone Star Lake canoe access. (Karla Smith)

Canoeing demonstrations marked the official opening of Suffolk Canoe Trails. It was a two year community service project working with Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk Public Work departments.

Girl Scouts Cathy Canada and Mary Jo Williams help install a Canoe Trail Sign on the Nansemond River in 1989. (Karla Smith)

Troop 721’s two day trip on the Meherrin-Chowan Rivers was a challenge for everyone…girls and leaders.

Troop 721 - Canoers get ready to begin a 20 mile section of the Boy Scout Order of the Arrow Canoe trail. Murfreesboro to Winton NC. c.1980s.

Troop 721 canoed 20 miles on the Meherrin-Chowan River. The trip was a “chance of a lifetime” to quote Ann Morgan.

Girls enjoy the top of Bearfence in Shenandoah National Park.

Skyline Drive - Girls hiked the 1 mile trail with a rock scramble in the fall of 1985.

Debbie Carr made it to the top of Bearfence with other leaders. A beautiful view and great trail. 1985

Jenny Woolridge makes it to the top at Skyline Drive…another G.S. Troop 782-721 Adventure.1985

Caroline Smith makes it to the top of the Bearfence Mountain on Skyline Drive. 1985

The hike to Bearfence begins…or is this an after picture? We love the out-of-doors…the girls said.