Sabattis - High Adventure BSA (PAH)

Dave Yates (PAH)

The Beaver Patrol rides again! I started out as their Den Leader & now serve as their Scoutmaster. They've been together on many trips & all are approaching their Eagle rank. Time grows short & this may well be their last High Adventure trip (until they have kids). It's been a good ride. I was assigned the Beaver totem at Woodbadge, which fits like a glove.

We were (Mike & I) slated for Philmont this year, but Dad & his two sisters, their spouses (all well into their 80's) & 40+ cousins decided to hold a reunion that same week. Last one was 20 years ago! So, we dropped out of the Philmont trek & hiked in to the reunion (with several cousins) by way of 26 miles of beach on Assateague - it rained the entire time - nothing like wet sand - the mosquitos loved us! - I think they've forgiven me for planning that one(G).

That shot was on Forked Lake in the Adirondacks. Later that same day we had paddled on to Long Lake & took in a sea-plane ride! The turbulence was fierce, but the view spectacular.

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hot_rod

Ever meet a bear face to face?

I did this past week! We scared each other(G). He was at the back bumper & me at the front one. As I stepped between the two cars, we spied each other & both of us jumped back. We were scarcely 10' apart - yikes!

On the same day, another father died during the swim test. His son was brought to the office in tears. I'll never forget seeing the camp counselers administering CPR as they tore through camp in the bed of their pick-up truck.

But one morning later we found ourselves on Forked Lake admiring a sunrise never to be forgotten. I'd spent many a summer here as a youth camping with my family. Now it was my turn with my son.

65 miles in 5 days!

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murph'_3

and i did not.......

get that turtle, but we had a good time in your section of the woods anyways !! Mind if we camp out in your yard during open house, should be great 100 years for Harley!!



sorry to hear about life lost, take care.



Murph'

Wayco Wayne

Nice picture


Makes me think of another place I know of. Hope to be there soon. WW

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Art Pittaway

Nice shot, where is it located?

Took my youngest to Philmont in 2000, he's 20 now. 72+miles in 7 days at 10,000 - 13,000 ft. Stunning landscape, no place for heart trouble, shared experience never to be forgotten. Our troop summer camps in NW wisconsin, bears are a regular part of the experience. Have to take all the precautions or you have troubles. Had one "visit" a female leaders tent one night, scared her good, nosed around and left. Met one on the way back from the shower, shorts, towel, dity-bag, turned around and went back to the shower room. Enjoy your boys when they are young, it's great when they get old enough to teach you things. Made me sad some parents in the troop wouldn't take the time to go camping (or anything else) with there boys.
Adult Patrol-"Owls", Call..."Who Me?" Art

Wayco Wayne

Aha,

Forked Lake. The place I was thinking of is near by. We go camping almost every year at a site near Saranac Lake called Rollins Pond. Your picture could of been taken from our campsite it looks so similar. Leaving next Friday for a Week up there. Can't wait. WW

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BillW@honeywell

Used to live near there...

but now I live in Joisey! It's called "employment". It is great that the Scouts still give the kids a chance to experience the Adirondacks. All you parents & counselors should check out Jean Shepard's hysterically funny story about summer camp called "The Mole People battle the Forces of Darkness"; it concerns his tribulations at Camp Nobbawawanocky. I guarantee sore belly muscles for days after you read it.

hot_rod

Saranac Lake

Go up Main Street to the top of the hill & eat at the Italian Restaurant on the road the splits off to the right. It's new & across the street from an old hotel. Ask for Denise to be your waitress - she was a hoot & had a great sense of humor! Great food & even better service.

Great Adirondack Brewery black & tan to be quaffed there(G).

Downtown, there's an apartment building with a very large solar array & an old hydro-electric plant just across from the park that was humming along - wish I'd had time to investigate both.

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BillW@honeywell

The power plant...

There a several hydroelectric plants up there, Union Falls, Franklin Falls and Saranac Lake. They were originally owned by the Paul Smith's Electric Company, a project initiated by the famous Adirondack hotelier to provide electricity for his hotel and the local area. Paul Smith's College now stands on the old hotel site, and you can still hike the old electric railroad bed from Lake Clear into the campus. It's the remmnants of the trolley line he built so that his fancy guests didn't need to endure an bone-rattling stagecoach ride from the rail station to the hotel. My grandfather ran the Franklin Falls hydro station. Next time you have the scouts up there, take them for a ride on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. Great history, and a real fun day.

bigugh_4

Things happen!

Grandson and his Dad witnessed this, almost were eating at the time.

Cannon misfires; teen is hurt
BY EZRA CASTEEL
Tillamook, Oregon Headlight-Herald Staff

A Salem area teenager was severely injured when a ceremonial black powder cannon misfired at Camp Merriweather Friday Aug. 1.
The accident occurred when a two-foot long cannon used occasionally when the flags at the camp are retired in the evening, failed to fire properly, according to Don Cornell of the Boys Scouts of America.
KATU-TV Channel 2 in Portland reported that the boy, identified as Chris Kroeker, 16, was part of Boy Scout Troop 476 in Aumsville, south of Salem.
The cannon “fires a blank black powder charge several times a week,” said Cornell.
When it failed to fire properly, Kroeker reloaded it and tried to fire it again, Cornell said. The cannon exploded and a piece of it struck him in the head.
“Everything appears to have been operating properly,” Cornell said. “It seems they were showing good judgment.
“There were a lot of qualified medical staff at the scene,” Cornell added. “Life flight was called immediately.”
The Life Flight helicopter landed on the beach in front of the camp and Kroeker was transported at about 7:30 p.m. to Legacy Emmanuel Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Camp Merriweather is a Boy Scout camp located south of Cape Lookout. Kroeker was part of the summer staff that had been working at the camp all summer.
Firing the cannon has been part of the program for the past four years, according to Cornell.
“We are actively trying to find out what caused this,” said Cornell. “We are trying to find out what happened and why it happened.”
Kroeker was reported to have been well trained in the use of black powder and musket-type rifles that have been used at the camp for years, according to KATU.

And the young man died from his injuries. Another at the cannon has injuries to his abdomen but will recover.