Memorial Day Parade Our Pack 808 once again marched in the Memorial Day Parade in 2023 here in Independence. Our sponsorship organization is the American Legion, so we make sure to show up and support them. It is a great event, just a short mile or so from Independence’s shopping center to the courthouse, where …
Cincinnati Zoo Our first visit to the zoo in what seems like a long time. I guess we’ve not been here since earlier in the spring perhaps. We did enjoy ourselves, although we arrived at the zoo and within fifteen minutes everyone was hungry so we stopped for pretzels and popcorn and Icee’s. We also …
Axe Throwing I tried axe throwing for the first time and I am surprisingly good at it. Once I learned the technique I started nailing it. People thought I was practicing at home before I came so I could show them up, but that’s not the case. I was just really enjoying myself and I …
Brooks and Dunn Wow, I got to see Brooks and Dunn! This is one of the last acts on my bucket list that I’ve wanted to see. In the past year I’ve seen Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and now these guys. I’d go see Toby Keith and George Strait if I could too. These guys …
Learning Chess I am trying to teach my sons chess. Teddy received a wooden chess board for Christmas and he’s been asking about it more and more. I originally took it with us to spring break but it never rained there so we never had a condo day to sit down just the of us …
Cast Iron Seasoning I’ve had this cast iron pot forever and I’ve never really used it. It’s mostly sat in the garage getting pretty gross. I wanted to clean it up and re-season it best I could. I watched a few YouTube videos and everyone recommended this Crisbee Creme and it works great. It is …
Marble Madness My last scout project for the year and it was a success. Marble Madness is an exercise where the scouts build their own maze and use a marble to travel through it. I started by giving them a maze on paper, where we talked about having a goal and all of the little …
Wednesday night was the first night we stepped away from the condo. I did go out once or twice for some things, most notably goggle and flippers for Ted so he could find sand dollars. I will say he absolutely loved snorkeling. He found so many sand dollars. It was really cool. Of course the …
We ventured back down to Indian Rocks Beach for our annual spring break trip and I had only one thing in mind, doing nothing for a week. For several years we’ve been coming down to the same condominium complex. We love it there although we’re noticing rates are going up and there seems to be …
Cubmaster Induction With the official Blue and Gold dinner, aka the Crossing Over Ceremony, I am now the official Cubmaster of Pack 808. The current Cubmaster will pass over with his child to the Boy Scouts. I volunteered to help out here because T has two years left, and then B will be a Lion …