DG> I will probably go down to Texas in the summer of 2000.  Mind if 
 DG> I stop in to see you?
 BP> Don't mind a bit.  If you are here on the right (or maybe wrong) 
 BP> weekend, you could go with the Troop on a campout.  I've somehow ended 
 BP> up with more than enough sleeping bags for camping out. :-)
 DG> Great!  Saves me packing more kit than I actually need.
By 2000, my younger son will (I hope) be in Boy Scouts, so I will probably 
have a few more (military surplus) sleeping bags by then.
 DG> My ex-wife sent up my *good* quality fram pack, so I'm all set to go 
 DG> hiking.  I've been training these past few months with extensive walks 
 DG> and exercise.
I hope (at least I guess I do) the troop will start doing more backpacking as 
the boys get a little older.  When that starts I guess I'll get closer to 
being in shape so I can survive the hikes.
 DG> Could you post me a 1995 Quality Unit Award badge?
I'll have to see if I can find one.  I can't remember which year at the 
moment, but one year recently the local scout office goofed up and didn't get 
enough quality unit patches.  Therefore, for that year, we never received 
e.
Brien
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