As everyone prepares for the upcoming High Adventure trip &/or summer camp at Boxwell, here’s some good info about tick prevention (see attached brochure).  The ticks are supposed to be bad this year, so extra precautions are a good idea. In addition to using regular bug repellent, I highly recommend […]

I just found this great site for helping with knots: http://www.animatedknots.com/indexscouting.php

These tips shared with us by Mr. Russ from backpacker magazine. http://www.backpacker.com/the-wrong-way-top-50-hiker-mistakes/skills/15309?page=2   BURYING YOUR RESERVOIR Few flubs are more irritating than a leaky water bladder that soaks your pack on the drive to the trailhead. It happens when the pressure of other gear against the bite valve pops it […]

On our last outing we discussed some of the barriers to using the nashvilletroop3 emails and one of them was that checking multiple email accounts was inconvenient. A solution to this is to forward your troop 3 email to your regular email. Here is a tutorial which shows you how […]

We are backpacking,camping. The wolverines are going to eat ramen,flat bread with peanut butter,drink mix,oatmeal,pop tarts,instant bacon,apples,tang,jerky,chicken,cheese and crackers,fig bars,instant pudding,brownies,cereal bars,eggs,kool aid. The Hurtles are going to eat oatmeal,apples,hot cocoa,cider,summer sausage,trail mix,pasta with ground beef. The Squirrls are going to eat sushi,oatmeal,bread,summer sausage,cheese. We will do other awsome activites. […]

Left at 7:50, with 5 adults, 7 scouts, 6 webelos, and 3 dogs.  We completed a 10 mile hike and went geocaching. The trail was muddy but it was a good hike. We are all dirty and the dogs were the highlight of the trip. Every one did great including […]

Troop 3 is a member of the Middle Tennessee Council of Boy Scouts of America.

Troop 3, the oldest, continuous Boy Scout troop in Nashville meets every Monday night (unless the Monday is a school holiday) at 6:30 pm at East End United Methodist Church. The Scoutmaster is Libor Koudelka. We are active in the community and love to camp and have fun as well as earn merit badges! Boys […]

One of Tennessee’s oldest boy Scout troops, Troop 3 at East End United Methodist Church in Nashville, will be celebrating its centennial on Sunday, Sept. 26. Troop 3 was founded during the same year that the Boy Scouts of America began. The Sept. 26 centennial event will include a 10:30 […]