(08-22-2019, 11:54 AM)Belsnickel Wrote:

I was a Scout from ages 6 to 18, and an Assistant Scoutmaster and District Committee member for a few years after that. I was deeply involved throughout those years, working on camp staff, lodge offices for the OA, etc. Well, after a little over a decade away from the organization I have registered once again to volunteer. Tuesday was my first meeting back.

Anyone else around these parts a Scouter?

(08-22-2019, 06:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Bengals have returned to "We Blows". Does that count?


OT but your face looks thinner. Have you lost weight or is it just the photo?

(08-23-2019, 03:02 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: I was don't remember how far I got as I move a lot in the younger years... though im 100% sure my shirt wont fit anymore.

(08-23-2019, 09:09 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: Good for you for getting involved again. 

So I can appreciate the leaders that volunteer their time and knowledge.

(08-25-2019, 12:18 AM)Benton Wrote: Weird, I always pictured you wearing glasses.


















And on a bearskin rug.

(08-22-2019, 11:54 AM)Belsnickel Wrote:

I was a Scout from ages 6 to 18, and an Assistant Scoutmaster and District Committee member for a few years after that. I was deeply involved throughout those years, working on camp staff, lodge offices for the OA, etc. Well, after a little over a decade away from the organization I have registered once again to volunteer. Tuesday was my first meeting back.

Anyone else around these parts a Scouter?

(08-26-2019, 01:13 PM)sandwedge Wrote: That is great! I volunteer for a lot of youth programs, currently involved with the First Tee program. I find kids benefit from having someone other than parents standing over them after they get to certain age. I tried scouts a couple of times, but never stuck with it. I think it was the first time I did the Klondike thing. Friggin rained and snowed and was just a miserable experience.

(08-26-2019, 01:16 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I love camping in cold weather. We have an award called the "Frostbite Award" here in our council. When I was a youth, I earned it every year. It involved four nights of camping in sub-freezing temperatures.

(08-26-2019, 09:55 PM)Benton Wrote: In my teen years we always went camping on Christmas or spring break (late March here which means temps anywhere from the high 50s to low 70s, but usually pretty chilly). Never did subzero, but always preferred camping in cold weather. Really want to try it in the northwest around the early spring season one year are that time.

(08-26-2019, 09:55 PM)Benton Wrote: In my teen years we always went camping on Christmas or spring break (late March here which means temps anywhere from the high 50s to low 70s, but usually pretty chilly). Never did subzero, but always preferred camping in cold weather. Really want to try it in the northwest around the early spring season one year are that time.

(08-27-2019, 09:21 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: There is nothing better, to me, than waking up and stepping outside of my tent on a crisp winter morning. Making a pot of coffee on the fire. Going for a hike along the trails in the brisk air and seeing so much through the bare trees. There is a stillness that is unmatched during any other time of year.