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Tag Archives: cub scouts
11 Degrees of Service
Late last year, I stood in the back of a local elementary school cafeteria during a Cub Scout meeting. The different dens (organized by school grade, first through fifth) were taking turns telling the other Scouts and parents in attendance … Continue reading
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Tagged cub scouts, los padres national forest, service project, sespe, tamarisk
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Little Men, Big Sur
I’d like to think over the years I’ve learnt at least a handful of the many lessons I’ve received, and so in a rare act of Labor Day weekend wisdom, instead of heading into the cauldron that is the Sespe … Continue reading
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Tagged big sur, cub scouts, los padres national forest, pico blanco
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Of Pines, Water, and Wasting Away
It was a rag-tag crew that convened at the Horn Canyon trailhead on a recent Friday afternoon; dads just off work and kids and allies all ready to end the week with some fine time in a fine corner of … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, cub scouts, girl scouts, hiking, horn canyon, los padres national forest, ojai, the pines
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Gridley Canyon Service
In the waning days of 2014, the rather impressive rains that inundated California’s Central Coast after a long spell of virtually no precipitation were a welcome respite for our parched backcountry. But with those rains of course came some problems … Continue reading
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