Last sunday, our Cub Scouts met at Prince William County's newest park for a hike. It was a beautiful sunny fall Sunday in contrast to the drizzly rain the day before. Silver Lake Regional Park used to be a campground, and its owners sold part of it to developers and donated the lake itself to Prince William County. It's been closed for 4 years, and is now open to the public complete with picnic tables, hiking trails, and a designated fishing spots. Thirteen scouts (and almost as many adults) took a walk around the lake where we saw the leftovers of old campsites, a few animal tracks, and even a foot long snakeskin. From there we went back to the picnic table and fired up the grill for some Smores. Took a while for the charcoal to get really hot, but eventually everyone was roasting marshmallows over the grill. From there some folks went home, but others brought their fishin' poles to finish off the afternoon. And boy were the bluegill biting. One fellow had a container of 6 or 7 fish easy. So every cub scout who baited a hook, looked at the sign for the fishing rules, and then tried to go fishing will earn themselves a fishing belt loop! Way to go!
