Beneath Orion's Belt

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 22 March 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

...Boy Scout Troop 367 camping out under the stars in French Creek state park this past weekend.

Although, it got down into the teens at night, the weather was absolutely phenomenal for the first weekend of spring. The crystal clear skies made for some very chilly sleeping inside the tents. We had several new scouts join the troop this weekend for their first camping trip as boy scouts. They got to learn new scouting skills this weekend such as fire building, how to light a stove, knife and axe sharpening, how to use a saw, working with a compass, and cooking their meals outdoors. In the evening, they got to perform skits next to the campfire for the rest of the troop to watch. Some of the older scouts even cooked their dinners over the campfire. As for the adult leaders, we were content with a dinner of chicken and dumplings cooked on the camp stove.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

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