Submitted by Kristin Hurley
Thornton
Denver Metro
Troop 61358 of Thornton, CO spent some of their cookie money roughing it at Hamp Hut in Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. We felt lucky to find the Hut had air conditioning in the 90-plus-degree weather, and we found lots of hiking trails to explore and lots of fun stuff to do in the Springs, such as a tour of the U.S. Olympic Training Center and riding the Mountaineer Sky Ride at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Yet the girls’ favorite part of our three-day trip was just hanging out at the Hut, playing games, exploring hiking trails and especially making s’mores, a Girl Scout tradition! Camping at Hamp Hut also helped us work on our Amaze journey by putting different teams of girls together; the Budgeting badge by working together to budget our grocery and activity money (and save some of our Girl Scout Cookie proceeds for Take Action projects); and our Trees badge by looking out over Pike National Forest. It was a great place to get away from it all!
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