Re: [Philmont]: Over already! Thanks

Hi Mark,

We're starting trek 21 on Wednesday, July 16th. Can you comment on water
availability
on the trek?

thank you

Jim Munn
troop 507
Garden Grove,CA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Waggoner" <markjwagg@hotmail.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:14 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Over already! Thanks

> Hi All, Just returned from Trek # 21Saturday. Took me a few days to become
"
> reconnected " to the real world after hanging with 16 year olds for 14
days.
> Had a wonderful time and would like to thank everyone on the list for all
> there help. A few notes along the way :
> The worst burned area we saw was at Head of Dean. We hiked 40
minutes
> up in to burn area to do conservation project of reseeding and strawing
> areas to help prevent erosion and silt deposits in lower areas. Very black
> and dismal, although grasses have begun to grow naturally in some areas
> already and other areas we hiked through had 3' scrub oak coming back.
> Hiking back to Head of dean we noticed that Baldy can be seen through the
> dead trees. In many years this area will become a meadow with spectacular
> views.
> We noticed our Ranger did not mention trash compacting so I chimed
in
> during his training to inform the scouts of the need to compact. We found
> out at Miranda ( after a crew dropped off a heap of trash the size of a 5
> gal. bucket) that Philmont staff can no longer stress trash compacting, it
> is considered harrassment.( I almost fell of my chair ) Plus, they are not
> allowed to refuse any trash no matter how massive.
> Advisors coffee each night at staffed camps was wonderful. Cookies at
> some, doughnuts at Clarks Fork! A great place to meet new Pholks, swap
> stories, get rid of fuel your last day, and ask staff all those questions
> you always wanted to ask. I must say the staff were very friendly at every
> camp we went, even let you hang out on the swing . Our crew particularly
> liked the staff at Head of Dean. They had board games for a relaxing
> afternoon. Our crew played Risk and Uno. And they had a never ending
supply
> of Gatorade in a 5 gal. jug.
> Our crew got busted twice by what they referred to as the "Bear
Nazis
> ", staff policing camp areas. How soon the crew forgot what they were
> taught. First time 3 lipbalm were found in the fire ring. Second time was
> not so bad , a non smellable Nalgene partially exposed from an unzipped
> tent, and a bowl not put at the sump.
> Six crew members saw a bear, all I saw was a horned toad and of course
> mini bears and Phildogs also known as mule deer. What I also saw was nine
> youth bond together like I have never seen on any other scout adventure.
We
> had a Council contingent with youth from 5 different areas and different
> backgrounds. These fine young men set aside all their differences and
became
> a family of scouts working together as a "fine tuned " team to accomplish
> all the tasks and conquer all the quests. They came away with a feeling of
> pride and accomplishment ,and also of brotherhood towards each other.What
> more could an advisor ask for?
> Mark Waggoner, crew advisor and scout friend Crew 622M3 Canton,
> Massillon, and Wooster, Ohio
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Received on Wed Jul 9 12:01:23 2003