[Philmont]: We're off!

Philmont veterans, you have been a wonderful help to Crew 724-M2 from the Bay-Lakes Council, Wisconsin as we've planned and prepared for our first trek to Philmont. I spoke to all the parents and a couple of the boys tonight and the excitement is certainly in their voices.

We head out for Chicago by motor coach tomorrow morning where we'll meet the train and head west to Raton. Arrival time should be around 11:00am on Sunday. Our crew will embark on Trek 4 on Monday. The other two crews from our Council will be doing Treks 8 & 11 respectively.

There have been so many responses to my seemingly endless questions. All have been offered with the tone of helpfulness that can only be found in the fine people who call themselves "Scout leaders". I would publicly thank many of you by name, but in doing so, would certainly forget someone important. Some of you, however, have gone well beyond the realm of helpfulness, and for that, I thank you very much. I only hope that I can repay your help by helping others who will someday be taking their first Philmont trek, and I'm sure I will.

With that said, I thank you again, and I'll tell you about it when we return.

Yours in Scouting,

Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net
ICWTGTP in less than 24 hours!

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Received on Sat Jul 23 00:43:47 2005