It’s that time of year when families start traveling home for the holidays. One way that mom kept us busy when we were kids was playing the license plate game. Free printable included.

The Scout slogan is “Do a Good Turn Daily.” It is part of the third point of the Scout Law - “A Scout is helpful.” And it is part of your Scout Oath - “… to help other people at all times.”

On your next walk around the block, or when you take an “in-town” hike with your scouts, make sure to bring along a few trash bags.

Seventeen years ago, I can still remember where I was and what I was doing.

According to the tribal history, the Iroquois Confederacy was first suggested in about 1570 (possibly earlier), when inter tribal warfare threatened to destroy the Iroquois.

It can happen to any one of us, your having a nice walk in the woods and your all of a sudden turned around and lost!

All persons participating in BSA Aquatic activities or summer camps are classified according to swimming ability. The classification tests and test procedures have been developed and structured to demonstrate a skill level consistent with the circumstances.

There are countless variations of the neckerchief throughout all the packs, troop, and crews that are out there. From the 1976 Bear Handbook

Stop, drop and roll consists of three components…

This last week we were on the troop summer week long scout camp up in the High Uintas of Utah. As we were hiking along between Trident and Beth Lake, I noticed that there was a ton of lichen on all the rocks.  I realized that I did not know anything about lichen, except that it is usually found growing on the rocks.  So, here is a few thing that I have found from my research.

In preparation for our troop's summer scout camp up in the High Uintas, we have been teaching the scouts to be bear aware and bear smart.  Bears can smell your food from 2-3 miles away. 

One of the solutions to fixing a leaking window is to apply silicone caulk within all gaps and cracks of where the window meets the house. This will satisfy requirement 2b. of the Home Repairs Merit Badge. 

Each Thursday I enjoy opening up one of the vintage books in my library and seeing what was taught in prior years. This excerpt, even though it is from half a century ago, made me ponder on how I'm living my life in conjunction with the Scout Law.

One of the very first things your scout will learn in Cub Scouts is the Cub Scout Sign.

Found in the Woodsman's Tools section of the 1949 edition of the Handbook For Boys, these axe skills still hold true.  

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. 

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.

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…

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. 

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!