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Food for Backpacking
There are many options for store bought backpacking meals. The issue that I have found with these meals are that they are usually overpriced, and they usually don't taste very good. One option is to dehydrate your own food to take backpacking...
What's The Word?
Each time our troop has a patrol meeting, we as leaders always implement a team building activity to help the boys learn how to communicate and work together as a troop. This activity involves the following:
Utah Raptor
Today were digging in the past with the Wolf Den and doing some research on dinosaurs. Living in Utah, we hear and see a great deal about the Utah Raptor. After driving past a billboard dedicated to this creature who walked the earth millions of years ago, I decided to look the beast up.
Ten Backpacking Essentials
The past couple of weeks we have been working with the scouts on their backpacking skills. Requirement 2a of the Backpacking Merit badge reads;
Pocket Knife Maintenance
Last week we took the boys to our week-long scout camp. As the boys were working on their woodcarving merit badge, I also was carving my own creation out of wood. As I was wittling away and attempting to create a wooden spoon, I noticed something about my knife...
Cub Scout Six Essentials
While doing any outdoor activity with your Cub Scouts, each boy should have the following six essentials.
Create A Constellation
On of my favorite things to do on a warm summer night is just chill on a blanket and gaze up into the night sky and pretend that I know all the constellations (there are 88 of them!).