Just a few thoughts on Cub Scouts, as #1 (Bear) and #2 son (Wolf) started it this year.

I'm not really a fan of way its structured around "achievements" in a book. However, some kids thrive on that sort of thing so I figured I'd give mine a chance to try it.

I was looking forward to the "winter camping" until I found out it was in a heated cabin.

It sounds like the older scouts do a ton of camping an hiking, but there still seems to be a lot of emphasis on "merit badges". We'll see.

I did Wolf & Bear when I was a kid but quit after that. It was too arts & craftsy for me and it was run by the mothers rather than the fathers. We never did any camping or hiking or anything like that.

I did CAP while I was in highschool and we took pride in being much more hardcore than those wimpy Boy Scouts. CAP is highly structured, but in a different way.

Anyway, Martin, where do we sign up?