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Category Archives: Scouting
Hiking and Updates and Tigers, Oh My!
Good day to you faithful reader! I have continued my streak by staying as buys as a beaver in a pine tree grove! I have been hard at work creating the Challenge pages and so far I have completed the … Continue reading
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Website Updates and Scouting
Hello faithful reader! I have been uber busy with website updates and scouting. My virtual walking challenges are really starting to grow on me and I just couldn’t contain myself. I created a new tab called Challenges and I am … Continue reading
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Chief Pontiac Trail Winter Hike – Post Trail Report
Day 1: We stepped off on our hike the morning of January 29th, 2022, at 10:14am. The temperature that morning read a nice balmy -3° F! The air was frigid and dry, and our nose hairs were freezing as we … Continue reading
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Website Updates and More Iron Maiden
Good afternoon faithful reader. Just a quick word on the website updates. I have uploaded the new Book, Movies, Music, Video Game and Train databases to the site. I have a sneaky feeling that I will be working on created … Continue reading
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Chief Pontiac Trail Hike/Canoe – Post Trail Report
Post Trail Report Day 1: We stepped off on our hike the morning of September 18, 2021, at 8:30am. Alec Vella spotted a toad and picked it up. It pooped on him, and his demeanor changed from happy to sad. … Continue reading
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I DID IT!!! I’M ALIVE!!
Hello faithful readers! I’m back after the hike of doom! 16.5 miles of the hottest, dustiest, and most grueling trail of my life! I wouldn’t have traded the experience for anything! It was hot, and dry. It was physically and … Continue reading
Chief Pontiac Trail Hike – Post Trail Report
Day 1: We stepped off on our hike the morning of May 22, 2021 at 8:30am. We proceeded North across the parking lot and learned how to cross the road properly with a large group of people. The first point … Continue reading
Checking In…Before Stepping Off!
Hello readers! Well, I am gearing up for the hike of my life. This new adventure will be the greatest test of my physicality at this age. Which for the sake of privacy, we’ll say is about mid-40’s. I have … Continue reading
The Life and Accomplishments of Chief Pontiac
Chief Pontiac was born circa 1720 on the Maumee River (now in Ohio), in the Great Lakes region of the United States. His given Odawa (Ottawa) name was Obwandiyag. Very little is known of his early life, but by the … Continue reading
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Scouts, Table Saws and MORE!
Howdy friends, I’m back for today’s post. I have been undertaking a major update to the Troop 211 scout website, found here: bsa-troop211.org I had decided to overhaul the menu/link/navigation system. I like it better now! I have also taken … Continue reading
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Scouts, Stories, and Sciatica! Oh My!
Well, good morning folks! I spent a great deal of time yesterday working on the website HTML code for the troop! I had some terrible issues with the one aspect of a table that lists all of our Eagle Scouts! … Continue reading
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Girl Scout Weekend
Good Afternoon Faithful followers! I spent this weekend with my kids friends in my house and yard! They played in the sprinklers, the Slip’n’Slide, the wading pool with the puppy and had a water balloon fight! We then went swimming … Continue reading
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Coronavirus, Scouting, Books, Life and Death
Well, folks, again, I’d like to say sorry for not keeping up with this. It has been 4 LONG years of scouting, writing, working and living. With this Coronavirus going around and all of Michigan suffering through the “Shelter in … Continue reading
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