Hot summers like this one in the Seattle area always reminds me of the summers I spent at the Fire Mountain Boy Scout Camp . My favorite memory is the... Canoe War at Fire Mountain that broke out between Boy Scout Troops. Camp was only a week long but for a young teenage boy it seemed longer. While there was several entire camp involved activities, you were mostly on your own. In other words, you decided how you spent your days. The activities were geared toward earning merit badges. There's a man-made lake as a centerpiece of the camp. It's obviously the location of all the water activity. One of the merit badges available was canoeing. I knew this would be my only opportunity to earn this one. First, I must confess at the time of this story I swam like a 40 pound anvil. Honestly, still do. Â As you can imagine, that water safety was the top priority of the staff. Thankfully, life jackets were on hand for our use. The culmination of the canoeing merit badge was to p...
My observations and thoughts while being a passenger on Spaceship Earth