DERBY - Thirty one scouts and leaders from Housatonic Council Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby and two international exchange scouts each from Limerick, Ireland and Peterborough, England recently completed a two week camping adventure in the Pacific Northwest. Traveling more than 2,700 miles from Los Angeles to Seattle by 13 passenger vans the scouts camped and hiked at national parks including Yosemite, Redwoods, Mount St. Helen, Mount Rainier and Olympic National. They also visited the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Highlights of the trip in addition to the hikes included dune buggy rides in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, a San Francisco Giants baseball game and a sunset catamaran cruise in San Francisco Bay.
Pictured with Half Dome in the background at Glacier Point before a 10 Panorama Trail mile hike to Yosemite Valley are from left: Scoutmaster Randy Ritter, Larry Cafaro, Justin Patten, Deb Oppel, Matt Moran, Brian Spinetti, Christine Jalowiec, Ryan Cafaro, Adam Sroka, Dominic Livoti, Steven Ng, Richie Hayes, Steven Tracz, Andrew Devine, Joe Patten, Colby McLiverty, Billy Kowarik, Alex Oppel, Aidan Long, Bill McDonnell, Caine Jimmo, Jack Tibbett, Jim Butler, Michael Neuendorf, James Daly, Dylan Krystopowicz, Joshua Moscato, Brian Welch, Matt Edwards, Jake Grasso, James Blount and Chris Cafaro. Missing from the photo are Michael Shea, Cindy Tracz and John Spinetti.
Update videos from the trek can be found here: http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/troop_3_to_embark_on_pacific_adventure/
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