>  CG> CJ97 is our National equivalent to your Jamboree.  My
 >  CG> $ just don't stretch either so you are not alone!
 > I did not think that I would be.  :-)
Unfortunately scouting is not always a cheap endeavour!
 >  CG> We are doing our part though - a Troop from Hudson
 >  CG> Quebec is travelling through to CJ and will be
 >  CG> stopping over for one night and staying at our
 >  CG> district camp for the night - free of charge!  We are
 >  CG> also getting a small group together to visit with them
 >  CG> and trade patches and such!
 > Sounds like a bunch of fun.
It was and we have made some new friends and have been invited down to visit 
them sometime!
 > Our son and I just returned from Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico on
 > Thursday evening.  Our crew finished an 11 day, 60+ mile backpacking
 > trip there.  It was my son and my second trip.  It was much easier than
 > last summer.  I guess that I was in better condition (I *had* been
 > working on that.
That would be a blast!  The longest hike we did last year was 25Km.
 > One of the many neat things about Philmont is all the interesting folks
 > from all over the USA and perhaps even Japan or Europe.
It is always very interesting to meet scouts from other nations!  We are all 
the same but we are all different!
YIS
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