Sprishya Tandon

Troop 51 recently completed their “Wilderness Survival” Campout at Richmond, VA from September 18 to September 20, 2026.

Friday (9/18)

The troop departed from Floris UMC at 5:30 PM and reached at around 6:30 PM.

As soon as the scouts got to the area, they all unpacked and helped set up a giant, 3-room party tent in which they would sleep.

Most people had dinner before leaving or during the trip, but there was still a Cracker Barrel at night.

Saturday (9/19)

After the troop woke up, everyone ate breakfast and went out for a 3-mile hike.

After everyone was back at the campsite and rested for a while, the grubmasters supervised the cooks when preparing lunch. After lunch was finished, the older scouts helped the younger scouts in achieving some requirements.

They made a fire that lasted for two minutes and cooled it down. Then, the cooks prepared dinner and everyone went to sleep after that.

Sunday (9/20)

The troop woke up at around 7:00 AM and packed up. Everyone departed at 9:15 AM and reached Floris UMC at about 10:30.

Troop 51 recently completed their annual NASCAR Campout at Richmond, VA from August 14 to August 16, 2026.

Friday (8/14)

The troop departed from Floris Elementary School at 2:15 PM and reached at about 5:30 PM.

Everyone set their tents up in the designated scout camping field and played some games.

The annual 250-lap truck race was originally scheduled at night, but it unfortunately got moved to Saturday due to consistent lightning. Soon, severe thunderstorms hit the area with heavy rain and made everyone drenched.

Saturday (8/15)

After the troop woke up, everyone ate breakfast, played some more games, and got ready for the truck race.

Then, the scouts had a great time at the truck race spanning around 2 hours, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.

The troop also had a track walk scheduled at noon, but it got canceled due to the truck race happening at the same time.

After the truck race, a professional NASCAR car racer got interviewed and took photos with people from 2:00 – 2:30 PM. Then, the troop visited stalls and the fan experience from 2:45 to about 6:00 – 6:30 PM. There were real cars that people could get into and have a photo in, a driving simulator, and a reaction time game.

Finally, the troop attended and enjoyed the big annual 400-lap car race from 7:00 to around 9:30 – 10:00 PM.

Some scouts explored the fan zone inside the race track during the race and enjoyed looking at it from this unique view. One of our adults even got a chance to sign a block on the finish line.