Born2Dtect said:
The pictures were great!
It was nice to see that Boy Scout camping at your camp was much the same as my local camp. The boys like to cook on gas stoves, When I was a Boy Scout it was mostly wood fires and occasionally charcoal. By the way we had to cut all the wood that we used, todays scouts probably not be able too. I am impressed as your boys seem to be able to cook without burning, or did you pick only the good shots? Let me guess you had a picture of french toast, was macaroni and cheese and hot dogs also on the menu that day.
What was your infatuation with the interior of that shack? Did I miss something?
Ed D.
Thank You....it was hard to choose which ones to use...I had over 500, plus a few videos .. LOL
Well, if the boys had their way,,,we parents would be cooking LOL...
They still collect firewood for our campfire (gotta have marshmellows!), but all cooking these days are on stoves. And we keep the axe handy in the dry box incase we have to chop some...
They do pretty good with cooking.
For Breakfast Sat morn: Dragon Patrol had eggs and sausages and Scorpion Patrol had pancakes and sausages.
For Lunch Sat: Dragon's had grilled cheese sandwiches and soup, while the Scorpion's had grilled cheese with Ramon Noodles.
For Dinner Sat: Dragon's had Philly Steak Subs and the Scorpion's had grilled chicken, potatoes, carrots and Ramon Noodles.
For Sunday morn: Dragon's had oatmeal and toast and the Scorpion's had eggs and sausage. (Mom supplied the Hot Chocolate w/ marshmellows as a surprise as they came out of their tents!)
However, the Scoutmaster and Asst Scoutmaster had to test all food cooked for each meal to make sure it was safe for the boys to eat. They passed! LOL. The Asst Scoutmaster cooked for us adults! (I have trained my hubby (Asst SM) well...that's the Girl Scout in me! LOL)
I posted a pic of my oldest son making himself some toast for his eggs and sausage! The other pic is one of our Scouts making the grilled chicken with tators and carrots! (we forgot the onion!). They wanted to do fried chicken, but we told them no, besides, grilled is healthier!
The boys have to make their own menus and then it has to be approved. They have come a long way from kool-aid, hot dogs and PB&J's!!! They do pretty good in choosing their menus, pretty darn proud of them for it!
The photos I posted are of all about the reservation, which it 917+ acres of land. This is the land we do our twice yearly metal detecting at. We are writing a book on our adventures and the proceeds will go back to Pipsico BS Reservation. We do not (not allowed) to keep our finds, but we have so much researching and detecting it...it's become an obession now!!!
But I took pics of the barn, which was built in 1856. The history of this land goes back to the Jamestown settlement, War of 1812 and some action in the Civil War! You can't go into the barn without Ranger Dan's permission and he has to be with you, so when they had it opened for the 50th anniversary, I thought it best to get in there and capture some shots. They are in the process of trying to preserve it. Alot of those beams you see are to hold up the roof and sides of the building. They have started on several restortation spots of the barn, but they have a long way to go.
Some of the ground shots you see from Day Two is where the Archie Digs are happening (or where happening). It may be another year or two before they are able to dig again. Some legal jargon I am not familiar with...anyways. That was the first time I was back there and took the opportunity to grab some pics. We can go back there when we do our digs, but we are NOT AUTHORIZED to walk back there with our detectors and we abide by that rule! We don't want to make anyone made and I sure don't want to be kicked off Pipsico, esp with my boys as Scouts!
It was mostly the Cub Scouts that did the Cardboard Boat Regatta....it was so funny watching those youngin's paddling their way. The one that you see sunk...LOL...Bless their hearts, they did real good! Atleast they got their boat across the finish line before it sank!!! That was Pack 800 and they won 2nd and 3rd prize and they won something else, I can't recall off hand! Boy Scouts did do the regatta, but we weren't there for that....we were walking all over the reservation and believe you me, come Monday morning, my body was pointing out muscles to me I did not know I had! LOL
Scouting is great and I wish more boys would get involved with it. Usually never a problem with getting girls to join the Girl Scouts, but I don't know what it is with boys? Kudos to Baden Powell and Juliette Lowe for our Scouting Program!!!
Thanks for looking...
YIS & YIMD,
Annmarie
Would be great if you could join us.
