We had the perfect Saturday this week. My dad and I took them on their first fishing trip. My sister-in-law's people own 1500 acres on the Myakka River, so we had a great spot for the outing. Not only did we catch plenty of bluegill and bass, but the boys got to see alligators, egrets, great blue herons, a paint pony, and lots of cows.
It was great to see their wonderment at the whole thing. Their idea of woods has been the chestnut trees lining main street in Kiev. At their age I was running wild in the Pennsylvania forests and corn fields -- hunting groundhogs and catching racoons with my grandfather, picking blackberries and fishing for eels. Some of my first memories are wandering the hay fields while my dad collected the bales. It was great.
Writing this, I'm thinking I need to get them in the Boy Scouts.
Posted by Discoshaman at novembre 29, 2005 12:53 AM | TrackBack
Brian-
It's great to see you again...
Thanks for the advice. I was a Scout for several years, and your advice rings true. If I enroll them I'll get involved as well. . .
"Eighty percent of life is showing up, and in the Boy Scouts, the "flavor" of the troop is largely set by the parents who routinely show up, pitch in, and actually help. "
This is so true. Our first Scoutmaster was a former Marine officer. All inter-service rivalry aside, that should have been a good thing. Except that he was a pea-brained martinet who sucked the fun out of everything. . .
I'm going to start looking this summer. I might email you for advice then. :)
Posted by: Discoshaman at novembre 30, 2005 09:04 PMAck! I accidentally deleted Brian's post... I had literally hundreds of spams, you must have been caught up in the mix. Sorry, man.
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