My first overnight tour was with a Potomac Area Council AYH group in 1966 from DC to a youth hostel at Seneca MD along the C&O canal. First looong tour with a high school buddy was from VA > Land o' Lakes WI in 1968. I was invited to join two other high school friends in 1972 on a trip VA > Alaska but I already had a summer job.
Day 1, VA > WI, 1968