mgood777 14 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I'm just getting back into it. I grew up in a Boy Scout troop and think it's a fantastic program. Being a lifelong procrastinator, I got my Eagle a week or so before my eighteenth birthday. I was an 18 year old Assistant Scoutmaster, a 19 year old District Advancement Chairman, then a 21 year old District Commissioner. By the time I was 25 or so, I was working most weekends and lots of evenings and it was just not possible to do anything with Scouting. I gave it up. That was in the mid-nineties. So around twenty years later, here I am back. Happy Easter Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Oldscout448 697 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Welcome back mgood, You are not alone many of us stopped scouting for a year or two or 10 or 20. Then came back when we could. Be warned! the hills are steeper. the sleeping pads thinner, and the creaking joints tend to give us away when stalking animals. But the smiles on scouts faces when they reach the top of a mountain ( of any sort ) are still there, so are the sunsets, and the good friends made around the campfire. Oldscout 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mgood777 14 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 I found this hanging in my closet. It seems to have shrunk Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Those steep hills just allow us to enjoy those passing moments a little longer. The thinner pads? Well, we're less susceptible to pain by now, I hope, lol. I have one of those shrunken uniforms too. But...never had that hair! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mgood777 14 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 But...never had that hair! Yeah, I had the hair, lol. I thought I was the rock'n'roll Boy Scout. This was taken in 1987 at Philmont. I wore this getup to the campfire one night. My Scoutmaster told me to dress just like that the next day. He wanted to get a picture of me but had the wrong filter on his camera or something or other. So all morning I was posing and trying to look cool, just waiting for him to take my pic. He ignored me and never went near his camera. When I was trying to get the fire going, down on my knees blowing in it, he says "Hey, Goodwin!" I looked up and he got me. I look angry, but that was smoke in my eyes, lol. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mgood777 14 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Crew photo from that same trip. That's me on the bottom right. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LeCastor 641 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Welcome back to the Scouting life, mgood777! I, too, took 15 years off and realized there was a giant Scouting-shaped hole in my life. Over the past four years I've filled it with camping, hiking, and lots of mentoring. It's great! BTW, I love that pic of you in the flannel shirt. Very 1987. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JasonG172 244 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Van Halen FlashBack! Welcome, I grew up in the 80's and love the '80. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Faith 41 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Welcome to the forums & back to scouting I wish I had some memories to share from back then but sadly the only thing I have from that year is a birth certificate (ducks) Love seeing all the flashback pics on here. Hope to see you around and please continue sharing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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