Our local Scout camp has been rated by Boys’ Life Magazine as one of the 8 Coolest Camps in the Country! Hood Scout Reservation has everything from a world-class shooting sports program to a fantastic COPE/Climbing program to an expansive… Read More ›
“Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.” So says Irish poet, W.B. Yeats. That seems to be one of the major lessons in life – nothing will ever get better unless someone puts some energy and effort into making it… Read More ›
One role of a Scoutmaster is to tell short, funny stories to the kids. Often these stories have a moral but usually, their main virtues are that they are funny and short. They call these stories, “Scoutmaster Minutes” because the… Read More ›
Shiloh Battlefield in southern Tennessee has numerous trails ranging from about 2 miles to more than 20. They have trails with different themes – historical hikes, nature hikes, compass hikes. Recently we took our local Scouts to Shiloh and we… Read More ›
I discovered Pipes Lake in Helen McGinnis’ ‘Hiking Mississippi’ book. I knew that McGinnis’ book was not as up-to-date as Johnny Malloy’s guidebook. but I got a copy because I wanted to compare the differences in their accounts and perspectives…. Read More ›
If you’ve been keeping up with the Roaming Parkers for very long, you know some of our favorite hikes are along the Natchez Trace Parkway corridor. The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile long parkway that commemorates and closely follows… Read More ›
Part of why we started the Roaming Parkers blog and Facebook group is because there are a lot of people who feel bogged down in a virtual rat-race and disconnected from the real, natural world – a large group of… Read More ›
