Scouting Stories [Camping]

[SSScout 1620]

(Ancient history).  

Hike in Washington State Park, Maryland.  Bright sunny day. Troop of, oh, 20 Scouts.  Point comes to a big fallen log and hops up on it and hops down, hikes on. Second hops onto the log, hops off and hikes on. Third hops on, SCREAMS ""BEEEES!!!!!""  and hops off and runslikehell. Yellow jacket nest under log.  Point and Second look back (I'm maybe fifth),  wonder what's up, quickly come to the realization of why their buddy screamed "BEEEES!!"" and take appropriate action.   Swarm is flying forward,  Fourth and me wake up, and turn to run, barging into the rest of the Troop, who soon , after picking themselves up, turn and run, too.  Point, second , third are by now waaaaay up the trail, the rest of us are waaaaaay back the way we came.  Scoutmaster(s)  is/are  following us back. 

 

It probably took us an hour to collect everybody, walking waaaay around the log.  No one is stung (!!),  I forget whether we left a warning for the other (if any) hikers.