What a great time at Roundtable this month. First of all my wife favored me with her company, which due to a family illness has been fairly limited these past months, and helped me with the setup and take down of all the props. We set up the chuck box that we take when we go camping as a family (it looks a lot like a troop chuck box) and our two man tent from Eureka. We laid the fliers on the table and had everything ready by the time Roundtable started. The GORP bars that I pulled off of Sarah's blog were a great success and so were the cotton ball fire starters from the Scoutmaster blog. I hope you guys don't mind me using your ideas, I do give you credit for them. We had more adult leaders there than I have seen in a long time and that was a real encouragement for me as RT Commissioner. My goal was to increase attendance and help the program at the same time. We had a representative from our local scout store to come and show us the gear that he stocks in his inventory. JR from JR's Outdoor Gear was a great addition to the nights activities and the leaders had lots of questions about the equipment. JR made one statement that sticks in my mind, "If you are going to enjoy the outdoors, why not enjoy it". He was referring to the gear that he sells, and he is right. When I first started 'enjoying the outdoors' with scouts in 2003, I looked for my gear in Wal-Mart and other places and soon discovered that some of my gear just was not cutting the mustard. So I went to see JR and he talked with me and gave me what I call a quick education in what kind of gear was available and what he thought I might need.
Well, I purchased some of his gear, and I also purchased some online. Great gear makes for a great outdoor experience. Next month we will get into the backpacking side of the outdoors and in April we will be covering the subject of Rock Climbing. I am excited about these meetings and hope to excite the leaders in our area.
David Hyler
Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner
If you really want to do something, You will make a way. If you don't, You will make an excuse.
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