[Philmont]: Life at Philmont

>From the father of one of our Philmont Rangers. He spoke to his son this
morning.

YiS,

-- 
Calvin H. Gray
Scoutmaster, Troop 405
Associate Advisor, Venturing Crew 405
Georgetown, Texas
I used to be an Owl (WM-62-2-98 @ Philmont)
http://www.troop405.org/
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I asked him how it was going and he said, "Great."  Really sounded like
he's having the time of his life.  Sunday was his first day off, and a
group of them had gone into Taos to see the movie "Troy" and to eat.  He
really likes his Ranger Advisor/Trainer and his whole crew.
They went out to Ponil last Tuesday morning for training, and then spent
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, in the backcountry.  It's still getting down
to about freezing at night, and he said there was 3-4 feet of undisturbed
snow that they played in one afternoon coming down from Baldy.  (I'm
looking at my photo of Baldy Skyline on the credenza as I write this!)
His crew's "service project" was to haul bags of concrete, big batteries,
and electronic parts out to a "repeater tower" that is being constructed
out from Ponil to improve staff communication in the north country.  All
the various Ranger crews hiked back into Ponil from their backcountry
destinations on Saturday afternoon and they had a big barbecue (real food!)
there.  Got back to Base Camp about 10 o'clock Saturday night.
He got your letters, and a note saying that his first paycheck (small) is
waiting for him at the office, so life is good--real good--at Philmont.
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