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Rail-O-Ree September 7-9 
Earn Railroading Merit Badge during a weekend campout on September 7-9. During the Rail-o-Ree, Scouts will ride on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, earn Railroading merit badge, and camp behind the depot. The fee includes a train ride, all merit badge sessions, camp site, Friday and Saturday crackerbarrel, Saturday lunch, and tours of the engine house, depot/museum and a caboose. The event will be run by registered merit badge counselors
who will be assisted by railroad volunteers. (Any Scout who participates in all the activities on Saturday will earn Railroading Merit Badge.) All participants will also receive a coupon from Rocky Boots (located across the track from the depot) with a special offer for them. However, above-ground fires are permitted for cooking purposes only. Friday, September 7, 2007:
- 6:00 pm Troops arrive, check in and set up camp sites
- 9:00 pm Crackerbarrel/mixer
Saturday, September 8, 2007:
- 9:00 am Safety session (Requirements 4 & 5)
- 10:00 am Walk to engine house
- 10:15 am Tour engine house (Req. 1D)
- 11:15 am Walk back to depot
- 11:30 am Scavenger hunt (Req. 8B1)/Lunch
- 12:30 pm Break
- 12:45 pm Sessions and 1 activity (Req. 1 A, B, C, 2. 6 & 7)
- 2:15 pm Break (No restrooms on train)
- 2:30 pm Train departs (Req. 8B2)
- 4:45 pm Train returns (Scouts return to camp sites for dinner
- and free time.)
- 7:00 pm Last session (Req. 3)
- 7:30 pm Finish scavenger hunt/Visit caboose/Gift shop open
- (Gift shop closes at 8:30 pm.)
- 8:30 pm Review scavenger hunt answers
- 9:00 pm Train video, crackerbarrel and drawing for prizes
- 10:00 pm Return to camp site
- 10:30 pm Lights out
Sunday, September 9, 2007: This is a free day for Troops. Scouts can visit Nelsonville Aquatic Center (across from the depot), Historic Nelsonville Public Square, RockyŽ Shoes and Boots Factory Outlet Store, Wayne National Forest or bike on the Hockhocking Adena Bike Trail.
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