2008 March « Lone Star Scouter

Welcome Boys

Posted in Ramblings on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »

Monday night we had two brothers, Jeb a Star Scout and Sam a Tenderfoot join Troop 483. Both Scouts will be going to Camporee at Bovay Scout Ranch for their first campout with the troop this weekend. Troop 483 welcomes both Scouts.
Jeb and Sam had visited the troop on several occasions and finally decided 483 [...]

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“I Want” The Prayer of a Leaders Wife

Posted in Ramblings on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I want the tent in my bed room gone
I want the plastic boxes of books and notes gone from the living room
I want one night without the S word
I want to go on vacation without taking other people’s children
I want to spend my anniversary without ironing a tan shirt
I want to be able to accept an invitation [...]

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Support A Scouter and A Firefighter

Posted in Ramblings, Scouting News, Scoutmaster Minute on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »

One of our Asst. Scoutmasters of Troop 483 is a firefighter with the Houston Fire Dept. Station 6. They have entered a video contest with Gallery Furniture, a local furniture company to try and get some much needed furniture for their station. Please go to the link, watch their video, register and vote for these brave men [...]

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New Climbing Gear

Posted in Climbing & Rappelling, Gear Review, Outdoor Gear on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »

Metolius Monster Cam Competes with Alien
Gear | Climbing

Metolius is adding a new line of cams to their already crowded store shelves. The Metolius Monster single-stem cam will be the fifth sixth style of cam offered by the protection mavens at Metolius, and these fat-lobed cams are built with a narrow head to fit into awkward [...]

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Picture of the Week

Posted in Picture of the Week on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »

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Your Online Survival Kit

Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Education, Outdoor Gear, Products on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »

By chance I happened upon a cool survival site. Survival Topics.com. As the title says, Your On-line Survival Kit. The site has allot and I mean allot of info about survival tips, gear and products. This can be a GREAT resource for Scouts, Scouters and anyone interested in survival tips for camping, disasters etc. Ckeck’em [...]

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Board’s of Review

Posted in Bsa Websites, Education on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »

After a couple board of reviews for our Scouts tonight, some new parents to the troop had questions about their role and responsibility. Well there is more to it than I’m willing to write so I’m going to give the link to usscouts that has everything any committee member needs to know about how to [...]

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How To Find The North Star

Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Education on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »

For many thousands of years Polaris has been used as a guiding star and reference point for navigators and astronomers. Through experience and observation wayfarers discovered the North Star lights the way to true north.
In ancient times locating this lodestar was crucial to navigating long distances through the wilderness. The beauty of using the north [...]

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A Year of Blogging

Posted in Ramblings on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

One year ago today I started my Lone Star Scouter blog not knowing that it would last even a year. This will be my 303rd. post to date. The blog has had about 18,000 views, with people in the US and from around the world visiting daily. When I started I was not sure what I would be posting, but over [...]

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