Scout Camps are Boring!

By Enoch Heise

Many leaders in the Scouting movement are discouraged by their Scouts' lack of interest in the outdoors. Is the big attraction of camping a thing of the past? Has the wilderness lost its relevance in today's modern age? No, it hasn't, but if the art of camping is to survive for the next generation, we've got to rediscover real Scout camping. You CAN recover the magic of the outdoors for your Scouts. This book is an honest look at why Scouts are bored with camping trips and practical ways to make camping fun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Enoch Heise
• Release date: Jun 12, 2017

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Scout Camps are Boring!

(An honest look at why Scouts are bored with camping trips and practical ways to make camping fun.)

Copyright 2017 Enoch Heise

Published by Enoch Heise at ScoutingRediscovered.com

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Deliberate Enthusiasm for Camping

Chapter 3: Camp Small, Camp Often

Chapter 4: Camping with a Purpose

Chapter 5: Building a Plan – Step by Step

Epilogue: The Discovery of the Wilderness

About the Author

Chapter 1: Introduction

It was a much anticipated Scout camping trip. We were going to see some spectacular canyons out in West Texas. The weather was beautiful, and everything was just right. Though it was a long drive to get there, the adult leaders and older Scouts really advocated for this camping trip. It was one of the most scenic and visually exciting places the Troop had camped up until now. …

Fast forward to the trip home. I was a bit disappointed, to say the least. My disappointment was partly because they cut the trip short due to bad weather. The biggest disappointment to me, however, was that it didn’t turn out to be the experience I had hoped for the Scouts. Instead of brimming with excitement about the breath-taking views around us, the Scouts eschewed hiking in favor of hanging around camp. The highlight of the camp for them, it seemed, was spending half a day playing sand games in a dry creek bed.

Why? What was