THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!!

HEY EVERYONE!!!

I'M BACK!!!

Comment soon!!!

Hopefully I will see most of you Sunday!


------One can very well agree that getting out of the house to go camping to achieve an relaxing and memorable time would hold much effort and great expectation; however, it isn’t always perfect, on the contrary, I personally wouldn’t trade the moment rain or shine! Relaxation, so relaxing, a Lazy Boy couldn’t quite compete with the thrill of observing the stars while the Katydids sing you to sleep, and so memorable that even a Nikon Rebel or Olympus Evolt SLR couldn’t quite capture the perfect details of every waking moment!
-----Truly anyone can agree that camping under the stars next to the emerald green San Marcos River is an experience not to miss, and although some are squeamish when it comes to tents, insects, and humidity, eventually the nature will get to you . . . hopefully in a good way. Now, I know you would love to assume that the river was filthy I assure you it was quite refreshing dirt and all, of course there were showers (thank goodness). The river, aw the river was great! I miss it all ready. The Troop actually won two of the four Aqua fest events including the canoe tug of war and the swim relay, but for the record I was highly unevenly matched when it came to the water melon wrestle and I do believe we hold the honorary right to say our scout master belly flop was indeed the best!
-----Merit badges! I love merit badges, especially when there physically and mentally challenging for intense: rock-climbing and shotgun shooting! Rock-climbing blows me away every time I take to the rope and rocks. I hate heights but love that adrenalin rush as you reach for the next rock and up all the way to the top. Apparently I am an excellent marksman when it comes to shotgun! 18 for 20 and that’s counting two dead birds the size of my fist! The instructor advised that I should invest in a shotgun… I think I’ll take his advise (maybe a 12 gauge...but of course, Mom highly disagrees to that)!
-----Aw! I miss camp but it’s good to be back home! After being senior patrol leader of 21 scouts making sure food got delivered on time and cooked properly day in and day out, taking care of the daily schedules, and insuring everyone did there best in the aid of earning the never before awarded “Ranch Award” I think I could use a breather. I’m not complaining but it is good to have my mattress and keyboard once again.
-----Although this is my last year of legitimate scouting, I hope to one day return as a staffer or assistant scout master (Lord willing). I won’t soon forget the good times and I do my best to block out the bad yet hold on to the lessons learned and the wisdom gained. The BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!! So spread the word around we’re hear to stay till the camping grounds call! YE HA!!!


~Rob