Lessons from the past... Poison Ivy
When my dad was a Scout they were on some kind of hike, like all good Scout Troops do. One of the Scouts needed to fertilize the forest really badly and found a good looking spot. After doing his thing the Scout grabbed a handful of leaves to use to clean up with. The leaves turned out to be poison ivy and for rest of the trip he spent scratching his rear end.The lesson …... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-01-20New Year and New Burn Out
We are in the 100th year of Scouting!!! We are planning for the next 12 months what we are going to do with our Pack. Oh, and surprise, we need you to take over the Pack Coordinator for Cub Scout Day Camp position.If you got this far and have seen my other blogs, I am a Den Leader, Pack Trainer, etc. so when I was asked to do this, I almost burned out. The Lesson... [More]
By: Steve O'Connor On: 2010-01-17A Tale By Scott
Please enjoy Drew on Trial written and read by Scott Robertson. The story is about a adolescent boy who is on trial for having a messy room and in possession of stolen objects. The audio is 2 minutes and 52 seconds. flowplayer("player1", "/blog2/flowplayer2/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", { onLoad: function() { this.setVolume(80); }, plugins: { controls: { fullscreen: false, height: 30 } }, clip: { autoPlay: false, autoBuffering: true }});... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2010-01-15Hapy New Years
Happy New Years !!!I hope everyone will have a great year. That 2010 will only bring joy and happiness to all. In the spirit of things I decided to share my resolutions for the new year, I guess you call them goals too... Feel free to post your own resolutions as comments below. In 2010 I will work with the IRS to sort out my exact problems I will start paying off what... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-31Boy Scout Rescue
I saw this on a mailing list the other day and thought I would share it as its a good story of Scouting in Action... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Boy Scout who was involved in the rescue of a man who had slipped and fallen into the frigid waters of the basin at Waterplace Park and nearly drowned Tuesday night has been identified as Nick Fleming, an 18-year-old senior at Classical High School.Fleming, who was... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-24Dec 2009 Fuzzy and Scout Corner
Hi all, It is Fuzzy and Scout here… sorry we haven’t let you know what is going on for a while, we have just been soooo busy doing all kinds of fun things.We went camping and fishing for salmon and also hiking and preparing salmon.And now it is almost Christmas already, we are really looking forward to Christmas as it is a nice and cosy time of year to be with all our family. And... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-16Snow Shelter
I will be honest winter camping is one skill I well could use some more training and experience in. Recently I was curious and did some googling and found this good YouTube video on how to make a Snow Shelter. ... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-14Char Cloth
First, for those of you who do not know, char cloth is basically baked cotton cloth to be used as tinder in lighting a fire. This is traditional method for flint and steel. In a upcoming video I am actually going to try making my own char cloth. Here is a nice article I found on the process https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/char-cloth-easy-to-make-harder-to-use.228360/... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-14Hiking Games
ALPHABET HIKE- Find objects in nature that have names beginning with each letter of the alphabet. BIRD HIKE- Look for different birds. See if you know them by sight. Look for nests, but don’t touch. COLOR HIKE- Find things all the same color. If you walk in buddies, one side could look for one color and the other side another color. COMPASS AND TRAIL SIGN HIKE- Using the compass and trail signs, lay a trail... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-14Trail Scavenger Hunt
Here is a list I came across that may give you ideas of a scavenger hunt you can do when on the trail. Please respect the leave no trace principles, take pictures not nature, leave foot prints not trash and kill only time. Look For: __Wild Flowers __Dead tree __Pine cone __Berries __Vine __Poison ivy(oak) __Stream or creek __Blade of grass __Clover leaf __Moss __Pine tree __Seeds or seedpod __Eroded... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2009-12-14