I'm Off for New Mexico!
I'm heading for Boy Scout Camp Wehinahpey (sp?), near Cloudcroft New Mexico, this week. My very good friend and fellow Scout Leader, Bo Jackson, and I are taking our boys and seven other stalwart young Scouts from our troop to summer camp in the southern Rocky Mountains.
Originally I was supposed to do a backpacking trip in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (Montana Bear Country) with the older boys this summer, but due to circumstances beyond my control (long story)... not gonna happen this year. I did, however, get my hair buzzed in empathy with my friends who are leaving for that trek tomorrow...
The Bob will still be there in a few years when I'll have the opportunity to do it again. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to a week in New Mexico :-). No phones, no TV, no internet.
I may not come back, actually...
(You know the really sad thing? These kids haven't even clued in to the fact that their leaders are named "Bo Jackson" and "Matt Dillon". *sigh* I hate getting old...)
Originally I was supposed to do a backpacking trip in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (Montana Bear Country) with the older boys this summer, but due to circumstances beyond my control (long story)... not gonna happen this year. I did, however, get my hair buzzed in empathy with my friends who are leaving for that trek tomorrow...
The Bob will still be there in a few years when I'll have the opportunity to do it again. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to a week in New Mexico :-). No phones, no TV, no internet.
I may not come back, actually...
(You know the really sad thing? These kids haven't even clued in to the fact that their leaders are named "Bo Jackson" and "Matt Dillon". *sigh* I hate getting old...)
posted by Matt Dillon at 10:17 PM
2 Comments:
Does Bo know camping?
You are not the only one who is getting old, "marshall". ;-)
Dude, Bo knows camping. You should see us when we go "static camping" (car camping - not backpacking). Between him and I, we serve up enough dutch-oven meals to feed an army. It's sort of a friendly competition between the two of us. I do a mean pot roast and my man Bo can cook up a hell of a good pot of hamhocks and beans...
And when it's not an "offishul" Scout outing, we've been known to enjoy a toddy or two with a good ceegar around the campfire late at night. :-)
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