Did Scouting from the git go in Cub Scouts, but after making First Class switched over to the Navy League's Sea Cadets and met this Marine guy who was our commander....

Our little Sea Cadet group drilled with the Naval Reserve, got to ride ships from Portland, Oregon up the Columbia to Astoria...Scouts became "kid stuff" to us.

But today, in the long run, looking back as an olde guy; it was Scouting that taught me the hiking, camping, and survival skills that I still enjoy.

Ron