RE: [Philmont]: Scout Skills are Important!

A few years ago we had an ice storm that knocked out our power during
the night. In the morning, we fired up the backpacking stove, had hot
chocolate for the boys, coffee for my wife and I and hot oatmeal for
all. My youngest son, about 13 at the time, said "I wonder what Jacob
is having this morning?" Jacob was a boy that lived next door that had
been giving my son a hard time about him being in Boy Scouts.

Phil Brown

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of txnscout@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 12:36 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Scout Skills are Important!

Doc is correct on this one. We will not have power for at least three
weeks at my home in Port Neches Texas. A few of my Scout friends look
at this as an inconvenience, while others think the world has ended. It
is almost amusing to see the mentality of Scouters versus those who are
"not prepared". Perhaps now they are beginning to understand that "be
prepared" is not a motto, it is a way of life. The first item in my
truck when I departed was my scout backpack. it had all of the
essentials I needed in one place. Fortunately for my family, then eye of
the storm passed a few miles to the East of us, so we missed the brunt
of the storm.

Chas. Clifton

PTC faculty in 2005, and going back on a trek in 2006

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Received on Thu Oct 6 13:53:41 2005