I haven’t seen anyone wearing one yet, but I’m told they’re official and available. BSA replaced the National Camping award with a more comprehensive SET of awards that recognizes a wide variety of activities. NOA has five parts. Scouts may earn any combination of those five. When the first segment is [...]

Day 1:
The day started out a little flustering. David and Mrs G hardly slept the night before and it showed. We missed the first Pt. Townsend ferry, and waited another 1 hr 45 mins for the next. That was okay, though, because we were able to eat a good breakfast. We [...]

Day 1:
Long car ride down to Silver Falls. Fortunately hit Portland before rush hour and it didn’t slow us up too much. After an early dinner at Sweet Tomatoes, we followed Google maps’ directions (bad idea!) to the park. The ranger let us know that the North Falls Group Camp was not [...]