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  1. Oh, I do have another reason for troop trailers. Still not a dire necessity, but sure are a welcome helpful device to have. WEnt to my first Boy Scout summer camp. 11 boys and 3 adults rode in 3 vehicles. One pulled the trailer. The trailer isn't just for hualling, but does act as an onside storage unit. 11 boys and 3 adults carried a weeks wworth of gear to camp. Backpacks, day packs, sleeping bags, duffle bags, wall tents 5 gallon coolers, our washing machine( two 5 gal buckets and clean plunger , laundry detergent). Shovel, rake, axe and hatchet for campsite maint and/or any pot
  2. Our troop trailer is plain white. Does not say anything on any surafce about what it is for. Troop paid for it by fundraising and camp cards. Our pack has a homemadish trailer that is way too small. It is going to buy a new trailer in the next year. Lowe's home improvement will sell it at cost so a $3,128 trailer wil cost us $1,500 (plus registration). WE are going to fundraise for this too.We are going to say sometrhing along the lines of: " Thank you to our supporters" on the bottom 5th of teh trailer with a lowes logo, and the names of any other buisnesses or ind
  3. back during Fran and Berha in 96 - which was well before I had anything to do with scouting - a local grill/diner owner managed to get his place up and going. He , with the help of a local troop, spent an entire week feeding Police, Fire, EMS, and US Marines and National Guardsmen who were doing Safety cleanup( things like checking structurs, power lines, bridges, ect...), crowd control, security duties. Okay, so it was much neded help, but it was also a boost to morale and a good dose of community helping community. I had no idea who they were , what troop, etc because I w
  4. Wait...wasn't Black Bart and his gang the villians who was defeated by Ralphie and his trusty Red Ryder bb gun?
  5. We told our scouts that they would take at least two showers: One before the parents arrived on Wednesday, and one Friday before we went home Saturday morning. At least the parents would think they were clean all week. You should have heard all the "Oh maaaaan!'s " we heard from making that statement. Oh, made a few mad when I told them that free swim sessions in the lake DID NOT count as a shower or bath!
  6. Totally unacceptable. If for some reason, this was due to extreme circumstances such as one parent was a leader and other was military stationed away or off on duty - then the parent leader themself shopuld have be the sole responcible buddy for the Webelos scout. If the SM and ASM were fine with Webelos scout at camp, then they should have accepted any and all buddy duty instead of screwing any other scout out of their camp experience. Personally, that leader should have just stayed how with the Webelos scout . Again, I can understand the exception if the leadership was neede
  7. Our adopted campsite at council camp had a patial open structure bathhouse. The two commodes and 1 urinla have a covered roof and outside walls stop about a foot short of trusses. There is also about an 8" gap between concrete floor and walls. The benches in the changing area have the same wall set up. Storage closet is fully closed closet under same shhared roof. Showers are open top. No roof, no awning, nothing. They are tow showers facing each other seperated by a shower curtain on a concreet floor with drain. Walls are 3" off concrete and extend 7 high off the ground. If it
  8. Yeah, Fscouter is right: urine is the removal of waste. Waste isn't clear. It shouldn't look like a cup of orange juice orice tear either. Maybe like a glass of diet green tea. Very pale but translucent ( that's clear in layman's terms ) in color.
  9. Pack, I'm an idealrealist. Ideally, I know what would be great, but I know in reality it won't happen. Telling somebody to change their beliefs in religion is like expecting them to suddenly believe water isn't wet. Not gonna happen.
  10. WEll, to start with, my usual spot at camp between 2 very nice oak trees was taken by one of the wall tent the staff had set up. So I ended up moving to a different spot. Yeah, I made 4 spreader bars out of 1/2" pvc pipe. I cut them in half and used a pvc coupling to hold them together. It worked well becuase the nature of the hammock pulls them towards each other. I did paint the pvc olive green to match the tent. So anyways, the attached rainfly/top had 3 loops on each end. But since I had the spreader bar, I only connected to the center loop on each end. The tarp I
  11. Okay, I noticed that my comments may have come out sounding a bit vicious. Wasn't my intent. "I am okay with anybody believing what they want. I respect it and defend their right to that. They just shouldn't think I have to believe it too." As far as they thinking they have the right to dictate what I believe...do they feel recipricable about that? Do they feel that I too have that right to tell them what to think? Just like rights: Your beielfs end with you and mine start with me. Mine end with me and yours start with you. Belief is the key word. Forcing your
  12. Ummm...religion is not a brand new concept to me. I do not get my beliefs from facebook either. But what I read on facebook pretty much summed up a big issue with just a few words: I am okay with anybody believing what they want. I respect it and defend their right to that. They just shouldn't think I have to believe it too. Kinda like Constitutional rights: Your rights end when they infringe on mine. Likewise, mine end when they infringe on yours. If everybody just followed their own beliefs....
  13. With all the fighting and bikering over personal beliefs and religion, what if there was a simple answer to it all? WEll, there isn't a simple answer, But I think I found one that is pretty close to the problem: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM What you believe is not the problem, What you believe I should believe is the problem. " Saw it on face book just a little while ago.
  14. Basement, while I am a true believer in "You get what you pay for".....I also am a true believer in knowing that a Ford Ranger will get me where I am going just as good as a Ford Excursion, but a hell of alot cheaper. I don't mind paying for getting something good, but I don't pay for extras if I don't need or use them. I did lay in a Hennesy at camp. Felt like a cocoon right away and since I was a bit sweaty, the material started sticking to me right away. My jungle hammock on the other hand, well, It was just as hot temperature wise, but being more box shaped than cocoon sh
  15. So I am thinking the point of a rescue carry is to get the person to help. With this in mind, it does no good to tire yourself out and become exhausted where you can't help at all. My guess would be use the shoulder carry or a stretcher assuming you had at a minimum of 2 strong scouts to lift it. 4 or more would be better, but you do what you can with what you have. The seat carry is great for short distances or up/down stairs, but not something you'd want to do for 500 yards. In the case of a bad blister, well, we aren't talking broken leg or such. SCout is indeed in
  16. *** THis is more for parents than leaders *** So, the other thread was discussing med forms. Yeah, our troop has the same issue. I doubt anybody would be surprised at how many "Part C's" are turned in - in the 10 minutes before we leave camp. Brand new parents excluded, I have to ask: " Didn't you know camp was coming up again this year?" I mean, it's not like scouts just learn about camp the day before they go. You do remember last year's camp, right? So, don't most of us start thinking about and planning for summer camp in ..oh, I don't know....January
  17. Lisa, I said "routine" physical. Not routine camp policies. Meaning a regular physical that you get each year. MOST insurance companies will pay for one as a means to catch what could be a big issue before it gets big. Think of it as preventative money spending on the part of the insurance company. It has nothing to due with camping dates or when a scout goes to camp. Get one every January or the week of the scouts birthday. Point being, everybody should call the insurance company to see if their plans covers it. Ours does, but the insurance company doesn't go out of
  18. Everybody should check with their provider about yearly "prevention physicals" My insurance will pay 100% for an annual physical. No, they aren't being nice, they are trying to catch an illness/ issue while it is only $100.00 and keep if from becoming a $1,000.00 illness/issue.
  19. AZMike, I am a side sleeper too. I mostly sleep on my right side, but the hammock was okay. In my past experiences camping, the first night in a sleeping bacg always sucks becuase it's just not your home bed. But by the second night, sleep is better. Third nigt, your body is exhausted enough that you could sleep on a pile of bricks. Now, during that week with the hammock, I never got to the exhuasted enough to sleep anywhere stage. I also slept on my side, but had to curl my legs up about halfway to do so due to the curve of the hammock. Even though laying d
  20. If the RM decides to stick to his guns on the pin, I say it's his call. May not be popular, but still his call. But as far as the beltloop goes, it does not require a certain score or that the arrows even hit the target at all. It is more about a scout showing how to hold and shoot the arrow, and understand archery safety. THis is where the RM should back down and let the Tiger cubs cubs participate. But having said that....the RM does not sign off on the beltloop or pins. The advancement/ awards chair can get them if he wants to wether the RM likes it or not.
  21. I think the biggest issue I will be dealing with is that at 41 years old, I never slept in a hammock before except the ocvcasional nap in a backyard hammock. And even then, we are talking maybe 30 miutes tops. Maybe it's more of a mental thing than physical? I mean, usually after 2 or 3 days of camping, I can sleep on a pile of bricks!
  22. Oh...I thought this was going to be a post about baby hydras! WE pushed the water issue to our scouts extra hard last week when we went to summer camp. TRoop rule: No Crabonated Drinks during week of camp. Be a god idea to ween yourself off before going to camp. WE provide a 5 gallon spout coller full of water and we buy a couple boxes on individulal size gatorade/ fruit aid powder mixes for the boys to use if they want. I think I weened myself off of caffiene that week as I have drank almost nothing but water since camp.
  23. Nah, no chore at all. I lke the saciousness of the jungle hammock. The sides are not wrapped around me like the $250.00 Hennesy I tried out while at camp last week. By tried out, I mean that I laid in one in the campsite next to us just to see how it laid. Felt like I was in a silk cocoon. The net was only at the top whereas mine is on all side except at the head end. Easy for a breeze ( if we had one) to pass through. Plus, using a tarp as a secondary ( well primary , really ) rainfly gave me a place to store everything and keep my chairs dry as well as afoord an under shelter
  24. As far as I can tell, the frame is already adjusted the way I think it should be. It feels good. I did move the middle back pad up about 2" , but other vthan that, I think it's right. The curvature of the frame matches the contour and shape of my back and even flares out the same as the top of my booty. The top of the frame is just about even with the top of my head. Not sure if that's right or not, but it doesn't look like I should try to lower it du to the positioning of the hold open bar's relationship to the rest of the pack or the load support straps. But I will
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