One of the key elements of any scout meeting is the flag ceremony...

Located in the Dixie National Forest, Yant Flat is a hidden gem of a hike as it is not to well known as of yet just outside of St. George, UT.

Last patrol meeting we learned the difference between a wet fly and dry fly in regards to the fly fishing merit badge...

The Wolf Elective Adventure, Code of the Wolf, has a requirement that can involve my favorite little candies.  And with the kids still on sugar overload from Easter, I'm sure they wont miss a couple of packages to be used for this post.

Found on page 224 of the 1959 6th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook, the Outdoor Code reminds us of America's natural resources and how to conserve them.

For the Tiger Elective, Tiger-iffic, requirement 4b. asks you to share at least three tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your favorite video game.

One of the great attributes of Scouting is that it teaches young men to work together to achieve a common goal. A Team can always do more by working together than they can do by working individually. Teamwork can bring out the best in all who are involved. An amazing example of this can be found in the story of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

Babe the Blue Ox was a great help around Paul Bunyan's logging camp. He could pull anything that had two ends...

Making char cloth is a simple process with the right material and tools.  Here is how we made it...

Happy Pi Day!

But what is pi?

Benny was a big bullfrog who lived in a swamp. This swamp was just an ordinary swamp...

While shopping at the grocery store, I noticed that the bags in the meat department had some blue writing on them.  Naturally being curious, I walked over and pulled the roll down a bit to see what was written on the bag. 

Will the following boys who have earned their Bear badge, and their parents please come forward?

A Sheer Lashing is often used to bind adjacent poles together.

In this requirement your Cub Scout needs to do two of the following:

What a great event to talk about security, economy, values, and health of the citizens.  Opening ceremonies is one of those events that is great to watch with your family or scout and see how diverse our world is as each country marches through the arena during the parade. 

Stop motion animation is a movie making technique that takes an object and manipulates it to appear as if moving on it's own. 

The four steps of advancement is a requirement that is found within the Scout Rank and Scouting Adventure.

Listed, in no specific order, are five different groups of musical instruments.

Click and watch the festivities as the prognosticator of prognosticators, Punxsutawney Phil predicts if there will be an early spring!