4 September 2008
Denali High Adventure Base in Alaska
Posted by admin under: camps .
I was looking for some information to find out if Track Palin, the eldest son of John McCain’s Vice-Presidential pick Sarah Palin, was in the Boy Scouts because, like young Mr. Palin, some of our troop’s boys have gone on to military service. Doesn’t look like it; he was into hockey and I know that dedicated sports guys rarely incorporate Scouting into their busy practice and game schedules. However, looking at the Great Alaska Council website I did see that they are preparing to make a new high adventure base near the Denali national and state parks. Currently, there are only 3 national high adventure bases, according to the national BSA website: Florida Sea Base, Philmont Scout Ranch, and Northern Tier. I’m not 100% sure this will be considered one of the national high adventure bases, but can you imagine taking your troop to Alaska to camp out there? Let’s see, my youngest son should be old enough by the time it’s finished. By the way, Governor Sarah Palin has a whole thing about earmarks as it relates to the camp as reported online last week although the discussion was from March. Apparently the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner was upset about her not being supportive of earmarks in general and they wanted to use the base and other issues to make a point that they are sometimes okay. I think government should generally stay out of funding Scout activities because it gets people all bothered. Still, I think a certain relative of mine might be getting transferred from her base in Nevada back to the one in Alaska. Maybe I’ll have to visit her and if I happen to attend the new camp on the way home, all the better.
Update: I just found out that the other Vice-Presidential contender, Joe Biden, has a son also deploying to Iraq, sooner, in fact. It doesn’t look like he was in the Boy Scouts, either. Oh, well. Looks like our Cub Scout President and Boy Scout Vice-President will have to hold us over for a while. Although, some reports say that Sarah Palin was a Girl Scout Cookie mom so maybe we’ll get a Scout in the White House anyway.
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- Inspired or Insane?
- Sarah Palin Went to Bat for Wasilla Eagle Project
- Possible Vice President Vetoes Scout Funding
- Eric Fretz – Victory Base Council
One Comment so far...
MBrown Says:
17 February 2009 at 12:14 pm.
For this base to be a National High Adventure Base, it would need to be run by the National BSA Council.
Most likely it will be one of several council-run high adventure bases. Looks like the Great Alaska council will own/run it.
