For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America has provided vigorous outdoors training to its members and adult leaders.

Recently, Tom Szaroleta and Scouts from the North Florida Council Troop 892 in Fleming Island, Florida, trekked the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation in Virginia.

Read Szaroleta’s article in the Sunday, June 29, issue of The Florida Times-Union and see what he has learned during their 50-mile hike.