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No Balloon Fiesta this year (ABQ NM, also Philmont Scout Ranch closed)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 22, 2020 | Rick Nathanson

Posted on 06/22/2020 1:57:42 PM PDT by CedarDave

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To: CedarDave

Plano Balloon Festival cancelled as well. Pretty much everything else in town is going strong.


21 posted on 06/22/2020 3:17:03 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: CedarDave

DemonRats take the air out of everything.


22 posted on 06/22/2020 4:21:40 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal live matter. Sin is the problem. Jesus is the only answer.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

The mess hall is at the central camp and is used by groups on the In-processing day before hitting the trail and then after coming off the trail before they depart for home. I was one of the adults from our troop who took boys on a Philmont backpacking trip in 1995, one of whom was my son. My son returned to Philmont in 1997 and 1998. As you note, once on the trail, it’s all about using the issued backpacking foods to cook and feed your trail group. Of course, this also means keeping a clean camp to keep the bears out of camp.

Our interactions with other groups was at trail camps with organized Backwoods activities like fishing, gold-panning, mountaineering, etc.


23 posted on 06/22/2020 4:49:56 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: CedarDave

21,000 potential campers scattered along 300+ miles of trails, and they can’t manage social distancing?


24 posted on 06/22/2020 4:55:13 PM PDT by TheRightGuy (Y'70S)
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To: hattend

Oshkosh cancelled.


25 posted on 06/22/2020 5:00:03 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: lilypad

I’m glad I went once about 6 years ago.


26 posted on 06/22/2020 5:05:52 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: lilypad

On my bucket list.


27 posted on 06/22/2020 5:26:45 PM PDT by hattend
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Conservative Boy Scout Alternatives
https://wehavekids.com/youth-programs/Conservative-Boy-Scout-Alternatives


28 posted on 06/22/2020 7:47:56 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Veggie Todd

I’m seeing a lot of stuff canceled or ended citing BLM or the pandemic that were on the decline. It is a socially acceptable EXCUSE to do what they wanted to do.


29 posted on 06/22/2020 7:48:31 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: CedarDave

I camped and hiked at Philmont in the 60’s. Then it was close to a wilderness experience. Sounds like it’s gone to shit since then. “ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES? GIRLS? Figures, I guess. Sucks to remember what it used to be like to be free.


30 posted on 06/22/2020 9:03:13 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is More often surrendered than seized)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sad ...... on Philmont loss. Happy on the balloon loss. Worked Philmont 3 summers after I earned Eagle and later as a Reserve Deputy for Bernalillo worked the balloon festival while stationed at Kirtland AFB.......


31 posted on 06/22/2020 9:56:18 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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