[sausageseller]

I always counsel scouts seeking to be Eagle scouts to get it done early and leave room to solve problems that may arise.

That is what happened to me. ended up with not enough time to get Eagle. "Life" and a 73 World Jambo were great accomplishments for me.

[Myrddin]

I wanted to go to Philmont, but that never happened. My nephew did get to go. My parents could only manage to get me to scout camp once when we were in Virginia. That one time netted advancement to 2nd class, swimming merit badge, cooking merit badge, rowing merit badge, canoing merit badge and a mile swim patch. The Goshen scout camp was really first class.

My two favorite "jamboree" events were at Yorktown in 1968 and the 200th Anniversary in San Diego. The area where I camped at the 1969 event was about 1/4 mile from where the house I purchased in 1983 was built.

I had the pleasure of standing on the tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station as the first F-14 Tomcat arrived with the Secretary of the Navy in the RIO seat. That pre-dated the formation of the Top Gun school. It was also the event that grow into the annual Miramar Air Show. My troop had been invited to pass out the airshow schedule flyers.