Daddy I didn't win
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By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-08-12
Enjoying the hike
Shutterstock image purchased by Mike Walton I love hiking. It is a great way to enjoy the outdoors, to travel with my friends and share experiences with them, and to sing silly songs. As a youth, I participated in some 15 or so hiking trails, mostly because there was an excellent looking medal to add to my faux "buckskin display" I made in Cub Scouts, or patch to go onto my jean jacket (couldn't afford... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-08-05
An Arctic Tern Book review
Indoor Nature Activity For Cub Scouts… This book is a fun way to introduce young scouts to nature, whether it's on a stormy day or hot summer day. Your young children should read this delightful and beautiful book “Growing up in Alaska: A Baby Arctic Tern” by Constance Taylor. This book is a short, fun little story about an Arctic Tern from egg to first flight. I could see this book being read to... [More]
By: InsaneScouter On: 2019-07-29.jpg)
25 Ways to reuse an old blanket
Do you have an old blanket taking up space in one of your closets that you probably aren’t going to use any more? If you’re like me than the answer is yes… You probably have more than one old blanket that you’re not going to use again. How about finding a few ways that the old blanket could be reused as something useful? Here are 25 different ways (with some pictures) that you... [More]
By: InsaneScouter On: 2019-07-22
In Support of the Transatlantic Council
Mike Walton/Pioneer Press image My name is Mike Walton. I have been blessed with membership and service off and on with the Transatlantic Council (TAC) since 1967. In my youth, TAC served basically the League of Nations (later NATO) nations, the exact definitions of the countries served varied from year to year as the political and military landscape of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East changed. Today, TAC expands through 13 time... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-07-14
The Future BSA: not
Two weeks ago now, my local Council and the national organization I represent to the BSA (the US Scouting Service Project, Inc.) sent me to represent them during the BSA's National Annual Meetings in Denver. The national meetings -- in plural for there are more than just the annual business meeting designed to inform, update and elect the national team leading the nation's leading youth-serving organization; there are many other meetings of committees, subcommittees,... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-07-08.jpg)
Deal or Bankruptcy?
Last week, volunteers from across our nation and those representing our two overseas local Councils, met in Denver to help plot the azimuth, check the maps and lay a positive course for the continuation of the Boy Scouts of America. They were successful and have shared their plan – what they call a “Game Plan” – with their thousands of volunteers unable to attend and participate in the discussions. This "Game Plan" -- a one... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-06-30
Summer Camps and Camp Daniel Boone
The camp’s website is https://www.campdanielboone.org/. Summertime temperatures generally reach the low 80s during the day and fall to the low to mid-60s at night. Most of the campsites are a mixture of cabins and tents. Some but not all of them have restroom and shower facilities.The cost of the camp ranges between $325 to $525 for the week depending on which set of activities you wish to enroll in. Most of the facilities at... [More]
By: InsaneScouter On: 2019-06-24
A Weeklong Gathering
Photo from ASMAC What do you call a weeklong gathering of patrols from all over? Well, Scouts de México called a Nacional Scout camporee "Brownsea Island." It brought more than 2,000 Scouts and their leaders from all parts of the republic, Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo to Quintana Roo and Chiapas. It was a Scout Patrol event, not Manadas of Lobatos (Cub Scouts in the USA), and except for several program staffers, Caminantes (Venturers) and... [More]
By: Dean Whinery On: 2019-06-17
That badge which meant so much more
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By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-06-13