[philmont] Phil memory

Ken,

Please continue to share your ramblings.

Dan Preston
Louisville, KY
On Jul 26, 2006, at 10:54 PM, Ken Flanagan wrote:

> I'm sitting here at the Scout Camp tonight waiting for the OA calling
> out ceremony to finish so the membership secretary and I can verify
> names and addresses of the new candidates. We always have an ice cream
> get together for the Arrowmen and new candidates on Wednesday after
> the calling out. Last week during that social a Scouter walked past me
> and noticed my name tag and said my name out loud. I looked at him but
> did not recognize him at all. He identified himself and it turned out
> to be a guy from my Philmont crew in 1980. As it turned out, it was
> exactly 26 years to the day that we were at the ranch. (719 K-4) We
> caught up 26 years of life and he related to me how much that trip
> meant to him. He went to college and moved out of state for quite a
> few years and I had lost track of he and his Dad who was also a
> Scouter. He has never been back to the ranch, but is looking forward
> to returning there with his son soon. He and his son were in camp last
> week with their troop. It is always good to renew an old Scouting
> acquaintance especially someone like this. I unfortunately have lost
> track of quite a few of the Scouts that went to the Ranch with me. It
> is gratifying to see someone that I took and hear how much of an
> impact the ranch had on him. My first trip in 1967 was probably one of
> the major factors in keeping me in Scouts back then. I will stop
> rambling now, but I wanted to share a pleasant Philmont memory.
>  
> Ken Flanagan
> Philtreks X 10
> AA X 2
>  
>  
> P.S. Are any of you Phil listers going to be at the NOAC next week?
>  
> NOAC X 11
>
Received on Thu Jul 27 08:14:29 2006