[Brian Krashpad]

Originally Posted by Redline68

Sounds like fun. My son is visiting troops right now to make his decision for when he completes cub scouts in a couple months.

Yeah, that's a big decision, Jack went through it last year. There was a bit of a period of adjustment from going from eldest to youngest, sorta like the move from elementary to middle school he's also going through.

This is a really good troop, very together and financially doing OK-- they have a nice big trailer they haul all the camping gear in, and then a second open flat-bed type (with steel mesh walls) that they use to haul the poles they use for lashing and building (things like "monkey bridges" and zip lines). However, it's also a "Scout-run" troop, meaning that during the campouts, the adults have their separate cooking/camp area and the kids have theirs. Obviously, they're right next to each other, and the kids can come over and ask for help, and we can keep an eye on them, but still each of the kids' patrols is in charge of planning and preparing all their own meals, setting up their cooking tent-fly, and such. Jack really enjoys camp cooking.