https://www.cbs58.com/news/racine-me-bsa-troop-161-a-scoutmasters-40-year-legacy After posting 161 days of blogs about scouting, I was...

We had a good run!  Thank you for 40 great years as your Scoutmaster, it's been an honor and a privilege to serve in this position for...

1600 Troop meetings + 400 Committee meetings and PLC meetings + 240 Campouts + 775 nights of camping + 548 Outings + Mentored 107 Scouts...

Over my years as Scoutmaster, I took many people to the hospital for minor injuries.  The oddest one was the one pictured above.  The...

What were they thinking?? One year while at Philmont, I had a scout come up to me about the third or fourth day on the trail telling me...

One of the things I used to do when I went to Philmont is take a bag or two of Jelly Belly jelly beans.  When at a place like Philmont,...

When on campouts, especially high adventure trips, I always like to go find a peaceful place to enjoy nature. Here it was on a rock next...

161 days of blogging just is not nearly enough time to thank everyone who made me a successful Scoutmaster. There are so many people I...

I would like to thank my family who has supported me through all 40 years of scouting. They have given up so much so that I could...

As a youth the boy always admired the look of a shiny rock. He would go to the lake and pick up the smooth flat rocks and hold them in...

Stephen Bangs Troop 161 Scouting has meant a lot to me during these past few years and has shaped me into the person I have become. I...

Required: 1 good-humored adult victim. 6 or more scouts a blanket or jacket to cover one actor's head One scout is the ugliest man and is...

Did you know I was a Co-Authour of a book?   When camp Lyle closed its doors, I formed a committee to publish a book about the camp. I...

This was a story I got from one of the camp staff members when I was working on a project to reflect back on the history of Camp Lyle. ...

By Kyler Krenzke Scouting has taught me things about teamwork which I may not have learned outside of scouting. It has taught me that...

The tent walls are thin! So one of the things that we would do when we said lights out, is we would go around maybe 15 minutes after the...

Do you know why the elephant painted his toe nails?  So he can hide in the jelly bean bowl. Have you ever seen an elephant in a jelly...

The SPL was always my Right-hand man and the right-hand man with my Assistant Scoutmasters.  The SPL would be the key link between the...

Daniel Latyshev 4/2/14 Philmont Grant Scouting had definitely been and still is one of the most offering experiences I have ever taken...

I had a group of older scouts who were part of the PLC meetings but were dominating the meetings and not listening to the others.  They...