Angel Island - Overnight Backpacking.
Troop 722 and 2722 went on a one-day overnight backpacking trip to Angel Island, a beautiful state park in the San Francisco Bay. They had to take the BART train to the city and then a ferry across the water to reach the island, a former immigration station from 1910 to 1940. This site, often called the "Ellis Island of the West," processed hundreds of thousands of immigrants, primarily from Asian countries, who faced harsh interrogations and long detentions. Before its use as an immigration station, the island served as a military post, starting with the Civil War, and later as a quarantine station. The island's history also includes a significant period as a missile base during the Cold War. On their trip, the scouts left on a Saturday and returned on Sunday around 2 p.m. Cook group leaders brought pre-packed, non-refrigerated food, similar to how early inhabitants and visitors might have had to plan.
