Scout2Eagle: Gaither's Gathering
5 Minute blogs with tips on camping, the outdoors, and Scout Advancement.
1- If you rest and sleep well, that gives everyone a better outlook as well as feeling good. Your sleep system is the key. Camping Pillow: Brand new they run from 10 to 20$. Personally I have spent many a good night with my jacket rolled up inside out at no $$$ out of pocket. … Read more
1- Camping for the first time? Let’s walk through some considerations together. A: Shelter, do you have a tent or are you staying at some other kind of shelter? What is your backup plan if the shelter is not available? B: Water, do you know how to treat or filter to make the water safe … Read more
1- “Declination” is a natural deviation that you / we have to correct for. So imagine that you have a perfectly round beach ball. Now sit on the “north” pole of the beach ball. The beach ball’s equator sticks out or bulges out of round. Add peaks and mountain ranges and valleys and ocean troughs … Read more
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop. Kindness: Friendly, generous, concern for others, affection, gentleness, care. Service: Act of helpful activity, help, aid. 1- To me “service” is “kindness” in action. Service and kindness are part of the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. I assert that being in service … Read more
1-This song is titled “The Happy Wanderer” by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund. First verse: I love to go a-wandering, Along the mountain track, And as I go, I love to sing, My knapsack on my back. 1B- Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem “The Way Through The Woods.” Here is the second verse. Yet, if you enter … Read more
1- Think of projecting a picture on a wall. It does not matter what the original shape of the object was when the picture was taken. The picture on the wall is 2 dimensions. The projection is 2 dimensions. Our Earth is roughly a sphere. Any map in 2 dimensions distorts that 3 dimension earth. … Read more
1- Let me get 2 things out of the way first: A- When is a map out-of-date? The day it is published. The world is constantly changing. B- Every map distorts something. How much and how it distorts depends on the type of projection that the cartographer uses. Any map that is trying to … Read more
1- Let us take a few minuets to learn about planning & logistics from history. A good example and a good lesson comes from the Race To the South Pole that started in 1911. Remember that it was “summer” down under. Summer temperatures are on average during December are a high of -14 F (-25 … Read more
1– Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking did what they called “thought experiments.” They used this process to take physics to a higher level. Both are extremely fun to read about and study. But where I want to go is to do a thought explanation of the difference between heat & temperature. I had to figure … Read more
1- I have talked about the news before. I want to remind everyone to listen (or read, or watch) the news with a professional and scientific demeanor. Scientists are under the microscope to prove everything that they do is repeatable. That the discoveries and inventions are grounded in truth and fact. News reporters are not … Read more