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I am well overdue for writing up my trailer build, so here it goes! After trading in my Dodge Dakota pickup for a Jeep at the end of 2013, it quickly became obvious that I needed to figure out a way to haul stuff for family and scout camping trips.
After spending the winter months getting the trailer ready for camping duty, we were itching to get out and put it through it's paces. What better place to do that than the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park ? Day 0 We left Denver after work on Friday, with a slight delay as we waited…
A lot of life has happened in the last couple years, and this domain has suffered because of it. Well, now I'm about back to a point I can spend some time on it! Changes are coming to the layout, design, and content so stay tuned! –Arlen
A few months ago I was invited to be the guest speaker at the Academic Awards Banquet for my hometown's school district . I had twenty minutes to talk to the top 10% of the graduating seniors for all four of the district's high schools.
You may not know it yet but last Monday night was historic. In the community room of our local REI a group of interested Scouts, former-Scouts, never-been-Scouts, and their parents met up with some of the adults that decided to start a new troop in our area.
Scouting is outdoor adventure like camping, backpacking, climbing and canoeing, right? Does that leave the technology-heavy learning to a realm outside of Scouting? Not exactly. This video from code.org has been making the rounds of the internet, and it got me thinking about how we teach kids about programming.
My son wants to go to sailing camp this summer with his cousins in California, and approached my wife and I about it around Christmas time. When we talked about it we made a deal: I would sign him up for the camp when he passed the BSA swim test .
If Sir Robert Baden-Powell was a British war hero, how did Scouting end up with the campaign hat and neckerchief as symbols, two items very much from the American West ? Good question, I say. Actually, it is a question that never crossed my mind until the beginning of a presentation at our council's Wood Badge…
Why are you here and what do you expect to get out of this course?" That's a pretty different way to kick off a BSA training course. Truth is, I signed up for the Philmont Leadership Challenge after learning these five things: It was at Philmont It builds upon the training you receive during Wood…
Most first aid training is based on a "rapid response" assumption. That is to say that you are less than 30 minutes from an Emergency Medical Service response. Scouts are often doing things in areas where that response is much, much further away.
Sir Robert Baden-Powell was born on February 22, 1857 making today his 154th birthday. After returning from Africa as a hero in the Bohr War he noticed his military manual "Aids to Scouting" was being used by boys all round the country.
Today, the BSA National Council is drawing attention to a study conducted by Baylor University . Funded by the Templeton Foundation , this was an independent study of the differences between adults that were Eagle Scouts, had been Boy Scouts, and those that were never Scouts.
Our Blue and Gold Banquet is next week, and that has me thinking about the Webelos to Scout transition. There is quite a bit of difference between the Cub Scout program and the Boy Scout program (or at least there should be) and often Scouts struggle with the the change as they leave Cub Scouting…
Today the Boy Scouts of America sent out a statement about changes they are discussing that would remove the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation. In part it reads: "Currently, the BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation.
Leadership Posted by Arlen on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 A friend of mine shared this TED talk, and I thought it calls out the baggage we add to the term “leadership” and how a change in our perspective calls us all to be leaders.
