Scoutmaster Moment This week was a busy week for the troop. New Scouts were welcomed and incorporated into the Troop as members of the New-Trons New Scout patrol and both of the established patrols welcomed Scouts transferring to our unit. Parents got quite the information dump on how both Troops operate followed by our first Order of the [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This past week was the one year anniversary of living in the shadow of a pandemic. I know of people who refer to then as “The Before Times”, when we could go out without masks, be in classes, hold regular Scout meetings indoors. It sounds like a something out of a Science Fiction novel, [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Tomorrow, March 8th is International Women’s Day celebrating progress of women’s rights. This Troop is a part of the history being made of women’s rights, now with the addition of female Eagle Scouts. I saw a story this weekend of how women of recent generations who were told they could not rent apartments, get [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Perseverance carries us through efforts in life, this is true for in school, learning new skills for fun or by direction, in scouts, and now as we push through a pandemic. Vaccines are rolling out and I know more and more people who have had one or even both doses, FCPS has some students [...]
Scoutmaster Moment We had a great outing this weekend, braving cool temps and snow covered forest to hunt down some geocaches in Conway Robinson State Forest. Snow on the ground gave great opportunity to see evidence of forest animals. We saw lots of prints in the snow from deer, rabbit, raccoon, and even what appeared to [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Today is President’s Day, held on (or closest Monday to) George Washington’s birthday and now often celebrates Abraham Lincoln as well. Both presidents are known by all Americans, and beyond, as our first and sixteenth presidents. for founding our Presidency and restoring our Union. We see them as always successful in winning a Revolutionary [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This week was all about the hiking. Tuesday’s meeting was preparation info presented by Rascal Rabbits and Saturday was hike execution with a planned 5-mile hike around Burke Lake. We went a bit above and beyond, totaling 6 miles and working off a requirement for newer scouts while everyone had a good time on [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Today marks the first significant snow we have seen in two years. While it wasn’t quite as much as I’d hoped might fall, it made the world around us beautiful in shades of white and gray as the wet snow clung to the trees. How did you spend the day as it fell? In [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This Wednesday is 20 January, and will be our nation’s 59th Presidential Inauguration. The date and location have shifted over time, from President Washington's on April 30th in New York City, to “Constitutional Inauguration Day” on March 4 date set by the Constitution, later changed to January 20th. What hasn’t changed, is the revolutionary [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This week was our first full week of school and work after Winter Break, always a tough re-entry. Wednesday January 6th is a notable day as “hump day” as halfway through the week, Epiphany or Three Kings Day, and per the US Constitution the day that the presidential election is certified by the US [...]
