Permission Slip – February Caving Campout 2020
Event: Caving
Event Date: February 15-16, 2020
Form Due: February 3, 2020 (firm)
Cost: $70
Where: Marengo Cave, 400 East State Road 64,Marengo, IN 47140
SPECIAL: This is a one night campout. We will meet at the church Saturday at 7:00am sharp. We’ll return back to the church around 4:00pm Sunday.
Hello Troop 332
Attached is the permission slip for our February campout on 15-16th. See the note above that we are meeting at 7am on Saturday and returning 4pm on Sunday.
We will be participating in a “Night in the Cave” experience at Marengo Cave. This facility has exceptional reviews and provide a lot of fun activities:
- Crystal Palace
- Dripstone Trail
- Underground Adventure
- Masher or Crawl
- Camping Underground
- Team Building
- Breakfast in the Grotto Banquet Hall
Due to the size of our group, our activities will span over 2 days. We will do some on Saturday and the rest on Sunday morning before returning home.
Please pay special attention to the following
- All participants must have a signed waiver (attached)
- Eat breakfast before you arrive at the church
- Bring your own lunch money for the return trip (will be on the road with the car you are riding with)
- See attached packing check list
- EVERYONE must bring at least 2 changes of clean clothes.
- You will want clean clothes both days after the caving activities
- The packing list indicates only 1 is needed, but since ours is spread over 2 days you should bring 2
- Knee pads are highly recommended. Please bring them if you can
The meal plan is as follows
- Saturday breakfast: eat before you arrive
- Saturday lunch: the troop will plan on a cold lunch to eat when we get there
- Saturday dinner: the troop will cook for everyone as 1 group
- Sunday breakfast: provided by Marengo
- Sunday lunch: bring money to buy fast food
This will be an exciting way to spend a long break from school. See you there!
