Thoughts on Random Scouting Things

My family has roots in New Mexico going back for centuries. I have ancestors on my dad’s side of the family that immigrated to New Mexico from Spain back in the 1600s when the area was that country’s colony. Lots of Sanchez’s and Chavez’s in my lineage. Other ancestors of mine from Switzerland, France, and …

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Even as the adult who drew the assignment of sticking with the new campers to make sure they didn’t get lost during their first year out, nine nights under canvas gave me a refreshing break from real life.

In October 2017, an announcement from the BSA stated that it would begin accepting girls as Cub and Eagle Scouts for the first time in its 107-year history. The media trumpeted that the gender barrier was falling, but Betsy Teter states: “I knew the Girl Rangers brought it down more than 48 years ago.” Teter was a …

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The Boy Scouts of America has already started admitting girls into the Cub Scouts, and Scouts BSA begins accepting girls next year. The name change comes amid strained relations between the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America.

Military Ponchos are great for rain gear, but did you know they can be used as poncho shelters or tents? Multi-use gear saves space and lightens your load.

In the days of the grandfathers, buffaloes lived under the earth. In the olden times, they say, a man who was journeying came to a hill where there were many holes in the ground. He entered one of them. When he had gone inside he found buffalo chips and buffalo tracks on all sides.

To get bit by one is to experience something like a gunshot wound. And they’re multiplying.