“A canoe trip is like a voyage of life.An old ‘un ought to hand on piloting hints.The only true Success is Happiness.Two steps to Happiness are: Taking life as a game and giving out Love.Happiness is not mere pleasure not the outcome of wealth.It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Paddle your own Canoe
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
J Falk Wood Fuel Stove
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Another fantastic camp out with the Scouts from Troop 664.I took the opportunity to try out a J Falk Wood Fuel Stove this weekend. Jason Klass from Gear Talk sent me one to try out. I really like the stove. It is light and burned well. I was drinking coffee in 5 minutes.Like I say [...]
Courteous
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The 5th point of the Scout Law tells us to be Courteous.The other night as our Troop camped on the Oregon Coast we had an opportunity to discuss this fine point of the law.You see, it seems that some of the Scouts did not understand the difference between having fun and being disrespectful.By definition Courteous [...]
Backpacking tip of the Week
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tip of the Week went a bit more techie… well it’s on video anyway..Enjoy.http://www.youtube.com/v/LD1zC5Ofn6I&hl=en&fs=1 Have a Great Scouting Day!
Concerned Eagle Scout
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I received an email from a “Concerned Eagle Scout” Today.Mr. “Concerned Eagle Scout” has concerns about justifying FOS dollars.And I can appreciate “Concerned Eagle Scouts”concerns. His biggest issue seems to be the cost of Scouting. Well.. let me share his email with you. And yeah… I moderated it.. took out some stuff that really did [...]
I’ll share my Spoon
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A holy man was having a conversation with God one day and said, “God , I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God led the holy man to two doors.He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round [...]
Program.. Program.. Program…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The secret to a successful troop… Program, Program, Program…Well that is at least a big part of the equation when looking at a successful troop.Here is what I mean. I call it the “Field of Dreams” philosophy.IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME!And I’m talking about your program. Annually your Patrol leaders Council should be [...]
January Winter camp out
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well- I was not sure I wanted to get into Video Blogging or video journaling.. but after shooting a few videos.. I think it is a fun way to share.So here’s the deal.I am not going to shoot videos just for the sake of getting videos on the internet..I will post video journals of camp [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://www.youtube.com/v/ZMmrt9UUv1c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1Have A Great Scouting Day!W W W
The "Not so new" Centennial Uniform
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
While the “New” uniform has not been fully integrated yet, and what I mean by that is that not everyone has one, it is fair to say that it is here and it is here to stay. And my personal opinion, now that I have been wearing mine for a few months. I love it. [...]






