Shaw Girl Happenings

This week, my parents are visiting from the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, Matthew's off doing his counselor bit at the Boy Scout Camp for the summer. So, we called up the camp and arranged for a tour so that grandparents and grandson could visit each other.


Matthew's job is to teach scouting skills to new scouts from Tenderfoot to First Class. He says, in all seriousness, "after they work with me, they know whether they should stay in Scouts or go home."


We enjoyed a walk through the woods. Matthew pointed out the official flower of the camp, poison ivy, flourishing in banks by the trails, winding its way up trees, with its characteristic "leaves of three let them be."




We meandered through the trails and eventually ended up at the lakefront. Large flocks of canada geese were drifting by and we chatted with the scouts assigned to the waterfront. I've always been impressed with the maturity of the Boy Scout counselors at this camp, they are confident in their skills, and authoritative in their actions. Matthew is fitting right in, although when we asked to see his tent, he said "believe me, you don't want to go there."





Here's a final shot from our visit. Can you guess which one is the Eagle Scout? It's not Matthew, he's a Life Scout, the rank below Eagle. The Eagle is my Dad!

Labels: Matthew, nature