ESCAPE AT AHBALUFA!
Gemini Ingathering 2025
This year’s Ingathering is called “Escape At Ahbalufa” and as you might have guessed it will take place at Camp Ahbalufa in Fort Piece on March 14 – 16, 2025.
The theme of this year’s Ingathering is mysteries, puzzle solving, and detective work, and we will be earning badges related to that theme for each level over the weekend.
Each campsite will be asked to contribute to the fun by designing an “escape room” style puzzle scenario or other mystery to solve within their campsite, to be experienced by the other troops / campsites who will all rotate through the various sites.
Alongside the mystery and fun will be food, songs, and fun with our sister Girl Scouts!
This is an excellent opportunity for new troops and younger troops to get a taste of the camping experience a little closer to home, while more experienced and older troops get to show of their creativity and enjoy the company of each other.
For everyone, it’s a fantastic time to make new friends and meet the old, as this is the one time every year that all our troops can come together!
Registration will be $35 per person, with a deposit and rough roster due on January 30.
Final payment and roster will be due on February 14.
You do NOT need to have a camp trained volunteer to participate in Ingathering. If you are a new troop without a camp trained volunteer, let us know when you submit your deposit and we will try to partner you with a camp trained troop so that you can share in the benefits!
Day Camping
If your troop isn’t quite ready for a weekend overnight camping experience, you can still experience the fun and puzzling mystery of Escape at Ahbalufa as a day camp. Registration fees remain the same, but your troop will need to leave the camp just before dinner time.
Schedule of Activities
We have a fun filled camp experience planned for the weekend! Here’s a little taste of what’s to come!
- Friday Night
- Arrive at camp, set up campsite and tents
- Dinner as a troop, or come to camp with full bellies
- Flag Retirement Ceremony
- Saturday
- Breakfast as a troop
- Opening ceremony / flag raising / welcome day campers
- Badge activities by level
- Lunch as troop / setup time for escape room puzzles
- Snacks (courtesy of the Ingathering team) and SWAPS at the big field
- Exploring the escape room puzzles
- Group Dinner – Pizza and salad courtesy of the Ingathering team / Farewell to the day campers
- Evening campfire, songs and s’mores courtesy of the Ingathering team
- Late night games and crafts in the pavilion for the folks who just aren’t tired yet
- Sunday
- Breakfast as a troop
- Scout’s Own ceremony and closing ceremony
- Pack up / clean up camp, inspection, and dismissal
Registration Form
Questions? Contact Melanie or Joe