I randomly get notes and letters from Scouts, this is one of them There is not I in TEAM. Hi Mr. F first of all, I would like to thank...

Nothing like a long day of scouting to end with a nice relaxing evening by the campfire.  Sometimes just sitting there watching the fire...

This is one of my Scoutmasters in my tenure as a Scout.  I had 4 Scoutmasters during my Scouting years (Guess we wore them out quick),...

As part of a campership grant that was offered to Philmont bound scouts, we asked them to write a 1000 word essay on what scouting meant...

March 16th, 2024 will be the last Annual Dinner that I will be hosting as a Scoutmaster. Not sure what the future Annual dinners will...

Now this is s throw back picture. This would be ME getting my Eagle Scout Award., The speaker is Bob Weeks, I tkink left to right that is...

Who else made special pancakes?? If you are enjoying these post, let me know.

Some of the first dinner Eagle Court of Honors were held in the Church basement at St Rita Church at the time. It is now Cascia hall...

Sometimes School and scouts mix a little. This is an essay that one of the Scouts did for a School project and he shared it with me...

Today  I would like to thank Charlie Manning.  Charlie reluctantly became part of the Scouting circle when his oldest son Skip joined the...

The center of this picture includes Mr. Mike Ackley and his son Tom, on a campout with the Troop showing his son how to use a compas....

This is a classic Picture, above, this is from Left to Right; Jeff Treu, Andy Jungbluth, Dave Jungbluth and Matt Levandowski

But they returned to the trail, I had the honor of taking them back down there to finish.  After a couple days of exploring the area with...

Dear Mr. F It has been said that a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave,...

The Appalachian Trail Part 2 The weather turned bad with a severe ice storm and the trails became closed, and they had to return home...

Today starts a three-part series on this topic.  Sometimes, scouts go on to do great things in all aspects of life.  This is the story of...

Today I would like to thank my dad.  My dad was an active adult leader in the Troop when I was a youth. He joined when my brother was in...

Mr. Frank Gall was a quiet servant of the Troop. Frank was our equipment guy for many years, who did a lot of behind-the-scenes work on...

Today I would like to thank my favorite (only) sister, Cyndi. She has stood by my side all along this trail as Scoutmaster. She knows...

Thanks to all those adults who served as Advisors at Philmont. Thanks to all the Scouts who served as Crew Leaders at Philmont, no one...