Troop 62 Lithia Springs, GA

Gallery

The unofficial yet official Troop Gallery.

Photos from the road, the water, and the deck of a battleship.

Camper-All

September 18–20, 2026

Four adult leaders sitting in a row of camp chairs along a treeline in the afternoon sun, with a badminton racket lying in the grass.
The grown-ups, supervising heavily.
A Scout holding a badminton racket with a shuttlecock resting on the strings, lining up a serve with sunlit trees behind him.
Alan, serving up the birdie in Badball.
A leader in a Scouting America T-shirt lifting a piece of meat on a slotted spoon out of a pot on a camp stove, under a canopy with troop flags behind him.
Quality control, under the canopy.

The Wards

August 21–22, 2026

Burger patties cooking on the grate of a camp grill with the lid propped open and woods behind.
Burgers on, everything under control.
A burger patty on a grill grate with a tall jet of flame rising beside it during a flare-up.
Moments later.
A Scout in uniform stirring a pan of scrambled eggs on a camp stove under a shelter in the woods.
Alan on breakfast duty.

Cedar Creek Park

July 24–25, 2026

Scouts and leaders paddling kayaks down a tree-lined creek on an overcast summer morning.
Kayaking the creek. Cedar Creek Park, Cave Spring, Georgia. July 2026.

Woodruff Scout Camp

June 21–26, 2026

Two Scouts standing under the timber entrance arch of Woodruff Scout Camp at sunrise, one holding the troop flag, with wooded ridges behind them.
Flag up under the arch. Woodruff Scout Camp, Blairsville, Georgia. June 2026.
Two Scouts in uniform grinning at the camera on the amphitheater steps as Scouts from other units fill the benches behind them.
Waiting on the evening program at the Pirrung Amphitheater. Summer camp, Week 4.

Cumberland Island

June 4–7, 2026

The ferry Cumberland Queen II tied up at a long concrete pier, with visitors crossing it carrying packs and pushing loaded bicycles.
The Cumberland Queen II, and the pier onto the island.
A Scout in uniform sitting on the open deck of a ferry, other passengers along the rail and bright water beyond.
The crossing.
A sandy avenue lined with low walls and palms leading to a large roofless ruin covered in creeper, with a horse grazing in front of it.
The ruins at the end of the avenue, and a resident.
A campsite under live oaks hung with Spanish moss: a tarp strung between trees over a picnic table, coolers on the ground and laundry on a line.
Tarp up, coolers down, laundry on the line.
A green dome tent pitched among saw palmettos under moss-draped oaks, with a wheeled cooler nearby.
A tent wedged into the palmettos.
A large white house with a columned portico lit up at night at the end of a brick path.
Lit up after dark.
A brown mare walking away across the grass and a pale foal beside her, scratching itself, near a weathered stone wall.
A mare and her foal.
Three tents pitched on a clearing of dry leaves under live oaks and palmettos.
Three tents under the oaks.

Rifle Shooting

April 11, 2026

A Scout in ear protection being coached on the firing line by an adult range instructor in an open field.
On the firing line with a range instructor.

Chattahoochee Nature Center

February 21, 2026

A small reddish-brown owl standing in a shallow green water dish set into a rock ledge, looking up at the camera.
An owl, giving us a look.
A large amethyst geode split open on a clear display stand, its hollow lined with pale purple crystals.
An amethyst geode, split open on the stand.
A beaver sitting on leaf litter inside an outdoor enclosure, seen through chain-link fencing and bare winter branches.
The beaver, thoroughly unbothered.

USS Alabama

Jan 31 – Feb 1, 2026

Troop 62 group photo in front of the USS Drum submarine at Battleship Memorial Park.
The official souvenir portrait, gulls included. Battleship Memorial Park, February 1, 2026.
Scouts trying out the anti-aircraft gun mounts on a bright morning, looking out over Mobile Bay.
Manning the anti-aircraft mounts over Mobile Bay. February 1, 2026.
Scouts and adult leaders gathered around an anti-aircraft gun mount as the moon rises.
The whole crew topside, moon already up. USS Alabama, January 2026.
Scouts climbing on a deck gun aboard the USS Alabama, lit by low golden sunlight over the water.
Sunset on the deck guns — USS Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. January 2026.
Scouts walking the teak deck of the USS Alabama beneath the raised barrels of a sixteen-inch main gun turret.
Under the sixteen-inch guns, merit badge sash and all. January 2026.

More photos from Cumberland Island are on the way — follow along on Instagram in the meantime.

The Wards

November 21–22, 2025

A Scout at a night-time campfire holding a roasted hot dog on a stick up under his nose like a moustache, wearing a Boy Scouts of America T-shirt with a troop 62 numeral.
Dinner, briefly worn as a moustache. November 2025.

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