Archive for the 'Campouts' Category



Non-official campouts

As many of you know, I like to go camping and don’t like to wait around for the next Y-sanctioned campout. We had two non-officials campouts (December and January) and despite low turn out, each was great in its own way. Besides the obvious getting away from the hustle and bustle, we also […]

Reason #10. You have tried everything else to peel the kids away from the TV and Xbox. One thing I learn as a parent, when I yell, “Turn that TV off!” I need to provide an alternative. Kids can’t substitute TV for vacuum. Gotta give them something to occupy their active minds like […]

Basic Campout Checklist

Here is another checklist created by the one of our legendary chiefs of
past, James “Pink Bunny” Montalbano.
BasicCampoutChecklist
With the exception of Danny, I don’t know anyone who brings all this
stuff out there, but browse through it, it will give you some ideas.
Things you may not think about:
Toilet Paper: Always bring your own. There is […]