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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So jealous of Girl Scout camp. I wish that BSA did something similar because I loved Girl Scout camp so much. Jealous.[/quote]

+1 why is BSA so uninteresting compared to GS (rhetorical)? I have two boys and a girl and we tried GSA and gave up, meanwhile my daughter is having a blast as a Girl Scout.[/quote]

We love BSA and the regular program but the camps are structured so differently. It is more of an emphasis on the Troop as a unit and less on the individual camp. Both are valid but I really wish that BSA had camp options like Girl Scouts because those work so well for the individual kid and offer more opportunities to find something that you like. [/quote]

My kid goes to Goshen?  Isn't that the same?[/quote]

Not unless Girl Scout camp has changed. BSA camps tend to be Troops picking a week and going to a camp, there are a bunch to go to. They go as a Troop and parents come as the chaperones. The kids can choose activities to do at the camp, most based on having fun and completing a merit badge. Most are tent camping, like platforms with space for a tent or a three side canvas structure with an open face so that the week counts towards a Scouts total number of camping nights, which is needed for advancement and some merit badges.

Girl Scout camp, as I remember them, are things that girls can sign up as an individual. They had either cabins or a full canvas style tent with 4-6 girls in them. You went for a specific type of camp, I did horseback riding and camping specializations. There were activities everyone could do around camp but you also did special activities based on the type of camp you attended. There were no parents, only Counselors. And they tended to be in locations where the temperature was more comfortable like the mountains.

I think the big thing that stands out to me is the requirement to provide your own adult supervision for the camping elements, there are counselors for the various activities, and the emphasis on group camping vs individual camping. [/quote]

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