Welcome new Eagle Scout / Summit Award / Quartermaster Award / Gold Award Girl Scout recipient – congratulations on your accomplishment....

Official published information sent to our contingent (Boy Scouts of America) Coleman® Sundome® 6-Person Dome Tent. Technical Details...

How the ending of World War 1 creates a new chapter in the history of the Scout Movement In 1907 the founder of the Scout Movement,...

Here’s a crafting idea for your jamboree meetings or travel activity to keep your scouts busy on the way to the 24th World Scout...

Walter J Nopper, our Scoutmaster / Guthrie Scout Band director mentioned in my previous post,  emigrated from Germany or Switzerland and...

Guthrie’s scouting history had a time when a coed scout band engaged in events regularly in the early 1920’s. Music playback was limited...

100 years ago on 29 April 1918, this advertisement from a local theater appeared showing probably the very first movie about scouting....

The Boy Scouts of America announced programs allowing girls into the Scouting program for all levels.  The Venturing program has allowed...

The movie “Star Trek Beyond” has what I believe to be an Easter Egg reference as an homage. The movie references a frequency (57.7 MHz)...

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  These professions have great job outlooks for the 21st century.  And there...

The green graph below shows how many Boy Scouts each year earn the Eagle Scout award  (click to enlarge).  Since 1912 over 2.3 million...

I’ve had the pleasure of guiding Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in Oklahoma’s caves since 1998.  Over the years, I have taken pictures at the...

So it’s time to send them off to college.  Many students get a new notebook when they head off to the university.  After a year of...

Here are videos from Scouting over the past few years. Troop 850 Recruitment Video (2004) Scouting’s Sunrise (2007) On 1 August 2007 a...

I have an amateur radio license – KX5DC.  I have a mobile radio rig in my sport utility. Amateur radio is a great hobby and there are...

In our new office, we choose LED lighting for the future.  I spent some time researching this technology and can say now that it’s ready...

As a cowboy I have lived in Oklahoma as these years go by, But lately the grounds gotten unsteady and no one knows why. Now I have seen...

Here’s a flashback animated GIF we made in 2002.  Enjoy.

There are several ways to use smartphones during multiday outdoor or Scouting events with your smartphone and have it fully charged and...

In part 1 of this series, I describe ideas on recharging USB rechargeable gadgets using a USB power port.  Section 1 deals with...