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Mossy Cave

Mossy Cave is a fun little day hike that will get the kids, and yourself, out of the car for half an hour and stretch your legs if traveling the scenic Highway 12 route. Located just outside of Tropic, UT. The Mossy Cave hike offers magnificent hoodoos, a waterfall (depending on the time of year), and a natural spring grotto. 

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Popular Tongue Twisters

Requirement 2 of the Bear, Roaring Laughter Adventure has us reading tongue twisters. Before we dive into these twisted phrases, let first get an understanding of what a tongue twister is. A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game.

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How Bluebird and Coyote Got Their Colors

he bluebird is very blue, as blue as a brilliant lake. Many moons ago the bluebird used to be white. One day he was flying and came upon a lake and saw how blue and beautiful it was…

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Building A Bluetooth Speaker

I had a fun time making my own Bluetooth Speaker out of reclaimed wood for the box.  This project took roughly an hour and a half and cost about $45.00 to make. 

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The Vinder Viper

Our scoutmaster was truly a master story teller and had the Vinder Viper down so good that we thought that the Vinder Viper was going to jump out of the bushes and destroy us! 

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Big and Strong Skit

Skit for two: Two scouts walk onstage. One brags about how big his muscles are as he flexes his arms. The second scout wants to know what he has to do to build up his muscles…

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How To Tie A Clove Hitch

This knot will be used in many of your starts for your lashings along with rowing, small boat sailing, pioneering, and first class rank.

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A-M-E-R-I-C-A Flag Ceremony

To me, July is the most patriotic months of the year.  This flag ceremony is great to do during your pack meeting this month.  You can double up on the letters per boy if your den is a little small.  Also, since a scout is thrifty, try laminating your letters to place in your cub scout box for the next time July rolls around.

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T-Rescue A Swamped Canoe

What happens when your smooth sailing (canoeing) runs into trouble and now your swamped?  If canoeing with a group, the T-Rescue or Canoe-Over-Canoe method is vital to know.

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How To Tie A Double Half Hitch

The two half-hitches is a type of knot, specifically a binding knot or hitch knot. It consists of an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch. Equivalently, it consists of a half-turn around a post followed by a clove hitch of the running end around the standing part.

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Made Out Of Wood

In the Webelos adventure, Into The Woods, requirement 5 has the scouts looking around their homes to find items that are made out of wood and share their findings with their den.

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The Story of Smokey Bear

Smokey was born on August 9, 1944. The U.S. Forest Service wanted a spokes person to continually remind people that "Care will prevent 9 out of 10 fires", and the fictitious bear was just the ticket... as they said back then.  In 1947, Smokey's message changed to the familiar "Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires".

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Falling Rock

An Indian chief, Rising Sun, was concerned with how white men were expanding across the forests, plains, and mountains. His tribe was very small, but as every tribe and nation was being overpowered and sent to reservations, he came up with a plan to save the People.

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Bicycle Hand Signals

Hand Signals while riding with traffic will help prevent an accident between yourself and the other vehicles on the road.  

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Wise Owl

There is an old saying, "wise as an owl". People are always saying that, but the truth is, owls were not always wise.

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Growing Zones

Where you live within the US determines what kind of plants will grow in your area. 

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Hug A Tree

With summer starting, it is always a good reminder to all leaders and youth about what to do when you are lost.

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Tomato Pesto Pasta

This is an extremely easy backpacking meal to put together and dehydrate yourself in preparations of your next backpacking trip.

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Types of Theater

The first requirement of the Tiger Theater elective asks that with your den discuss the following types of theater: puppet shows, reader’s theater, and pantomime. Now on with the show!

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