We went camping fairly often , there were always girl scout camps available to sign up for , with horseback riding , orienteering , preparedness , etc . I was able to experience both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts camps and activities because the BS allows tagalongs and there would be a few little sisters at every meeting and camp , but Girl Scouts didn ' t allow the same for boys . In any case , my experiences differed in that in GS we did more nonwilderness related things like computer badges and community volunteering , and in BS we learned to shoot and fish , but my point is that both groups give troops the choice to focus on what they want to . Even if my troop didn ' t sign up for certain camping trips , one only had to look into the events available for troops to opt into to see that there were tons of available opportunities , pretty much constantly . My troop didn ' t get along very well and our group activities petered out , but you can sign up for any GS event as a single scout regardless , and I never wanted for any opportunity . Just to be clear , this was in CA . Maybe in other states , there are fewer GS events than BS events .