Well, We had JLTC last weekend... THat was a great camp, this is my third time,
once as a boy, now twice on staff...
Read my little disertation on the Penn-Del Website :
http://www.csonline.net/pdrangers/jltc.htm
It's a little long, but, from the heart...
God bless !
At 10:52 AM 7/23/99 -0700, you wrote:
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> Intresting you should ask about Scouts in the summer.. as
>I'm heading out now to a BSA summer camp...
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>Scouts *allmost must... attend the meeting and campouts to stay in favor
>with the "Trail to Eagle".. Like Ranger Commanders who attend every event
>because they are "responsible" so it is that the boy leaders of a troop
>are "responsible" for every asspect of a camping program. When older
>boys say Trailblazer on up know the camp is their job.. and have
>experiance with the social skills of phone tag...
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>Things happen<G>
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>In troop 328 those that attend the campouts advance.. those that don't..
>lag sometimes for years in advanceing. I thought it was harsh, coming from
>a Ranger heritage... But Scouts model the real workworld, and real
>adventure...
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>Two camps in the scouts are simular to Ranger camps.. a "camporee"
>where scouts compete as patrols against other patrols.. and Summer camp
>which is a Merit Camp for advancement lasting a week with a scedule of
>activities and classes ect.
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>The other Troop events this summer are 2 15 plus mile backpack trips
>and a rafting adventure on the Dechutes..
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>*These cost bucks.. and that is another difference from Rangers.
>Scouts seem to have bucks.. and along with $175 for a summercamp comes
>Nike shoes and gortex pullovers and polypro- longjohns along with the
>scout shorts and socks<G>
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>I'm much more likely to get into a conversation about map reading with the
>scouts than a Ranger outpost<G> *However... all said and done,I am Royal
>Ranger to the core..
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>At a Ranger camp. I can stop.. raise my hands and begin to pray outloud!
>I can hug and embrace my brothers and laugh with freedom and understanding
>of the roles God has appointed us to fill..
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>The boys watch us...
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>*One last thing about scouts- on the trail. allways a boy sets the pace
>and leads. Adults allways follow<G>
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>> In a message dated 7/22/99 9:04:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>> << *Here in the Pacific Northwest we have a narrow outdoor camping season
>> due to being blessed by 10.000 miles of open north pacific air, droping
>> rain as it hits the warm earth.
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>> The trend in summer is for fewer storms to cross, as the sun heats the
>> north latitudes and that builds high pressure. (Northwest folks develop
>> a keen understanding of weather forcasting)
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>> *You might think Royal Ranger outposts would flock to camp in the remote
>> Cascades, or lush green forests that abound...
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>> The truth is that.. shock'nly.. Most Outposts shut down!
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>> *This isn't my decision for my Outpost, as I remember running all year
>> long and holding backpack trips to Yosemite and weekend campouts.
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>> *What is the health of your Outdoor camping program?
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>> I have seen us drop off in attendance every summer since starting Rangers in
>> 93. However I do feel that we should keep it going through the summer as
>> best we can in order to not have to work so hard in the fall to get up and
>> running. As for Outpost's 45s camping this summer we had four camping trips
>> planned. Two are behind, PowWow in June, and one last weekend where we
>> camped on a creek bank and fished and swam from Friday evening and all day
>> Saturday. All had a great time. The next two are our Section summer
campout
>> next weekend and two days of canoeing and camping on August 20-22.
>> Commander, I do have a question for you. I believe you have a son in
scouts.
>> What do the Boy scouts do in summer? I thought they shut down, but don't
>> know. If they do, what effect does it have on them?
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>> James Styles, Sr Commander
>> Outpost 45, Huntsville, Al
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