Lost
Lost By David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No two branches... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-05-15Why Is He A Scout
When I served on the District Training team we loved to ask this question. We would get a whole array of answers from belonging to something, camping, learning, etc. Well if you ask me there is only ONE right answer and that is to have FUN!No boy joins Scouting to go to school, to learn, to be preached at, to be part of something. They join to have fun. Yes they join to go... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-05-15What Is A Team
I was recently watching the Disney movie “The Mighty Ducks”. There is a seen in there where Gorden Bombay the coach is talking to his soon to be ex-boss.“I remember something that my father once told me. A team is not a bunch of kids out to win, it is something you belong to, it is something you feel, it is something you have to earn,”Think about those words for a moment. Think about the... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-05-15Graduation
It is that time of years the boys in Cub Scouts are Graduating to the next rank. The Webelos 2 have bridged over and now it is time for the others to advance. I consider them all "my boys" and they have grown up so much since they have been Tigers. Now they have graduated to Bears and it brought a tear to my eye when they were all up on the stage with Akela... [More]
By: Steve O'Connor On: 2010-04-29Special Needs Boys and Boys are all Cub Scouts or Scouts
All boys are Scouts in the Den/Pack/Troop meetings. Doesn't matter if they are Special Needs or "Normal", they are all boys having fun and learning how to be better. Special Needs boys are just like any other boys and all they want is to be accepted. That hour they are in the Den/Pack/Troop meeting they are a Cub Scout or Boy Scout having fun and learning with their peers. If you have the honor of... [More]
By: Steve O'Connor On: 2010-04-29Fuzzy and Scout April 2010
Hi all, Your favourite beary cubs here ;) (or at least we hope so) We had a very nice Easter at the start of this month and had lots and lots of chocolate and salmon.Scout seems to be very happy now, as it looks winter is now really gone and it is nice and sunny again. He even put his winter blanket away :) Now spring is really here you really should go outside for... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-27Hmmm... Hot Marshmallow Stick
On one pustular campout we had invited some second year Webelos to join us. This campout was at a small lake about 90 minutes from our city. I remember we had a big court of honor at the end of this campout so maybe it was also when we invested the Webelos into the Troop. Anyway it doesn't really matter....It was growing later in the day, the sun was setting, it was getting dark and... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Eldorado Canyon Trip
A while back a friend and I went to a canyon about an hour out of town near the Colorado river below the hover dam. Eldorado canyon was the location of a big mine, now it is a good place to get to the river, and the home of a very very very small town. This post is just some pictures from this trip.(you can right click on the photo and select view image for... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Oh No! - My Group First Aid Kit
Many years ago I created a large group first aid kit out of a tackle box. In this post I am going to give you a tour of my kit in the hopes it may help you create or improve your groups first aid kit. As you can see its a pretty simple kit that has most things we need. This kits fits me and my level of training, skill and comfort level. Someone else... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11Hmmm.... Mules & Rivers
This is another tale from my trip as a Scout to Philmont. For two or maybe it was three days we had two pack mule that joined us on our trail journey. A fair amount of that time I held on the rope of one of the muels. One of the things that amazed me the most is how that mule would wait till we got to a stream, and it was every stream to... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-04-11