25 August 2008
Horseriding Boy Scouts From CA are OK Now
Posted by admin under: Outings .
Mike Malone from Troop 446 in Sunnyvale, California was kind enough to drop a note to me about a really cool trip his boys took. They rode horses on the Chisholm trail in Oklahoma and drove cattle just like old-time cowboys. Rochelle Hines writing for the Associated Press has a full article of the things they did, including an unexpected mud bath. He even gave me a link to the local Oklahoma news station that has a great video of the boys doing their cattle herding. I definitely recommend watching that.
For help, Malone turned to Jerrica Lockwood, a rancher from Pond Creek, who had helped arrange the 2007 Oklahoma Centennial Cattle Drive, an event celebrating the state’s 100th birthday that went from the Red River in southern Oklahoma to Caldwell, Kan.
“Basically it was what we did last year. We tried to stay as close to the Chisholm Trail as we could, but without the cattle,” Lockwood said. “We needed some activities that would be O.K. for the boys to do.”
Lockwood said trail boss Gary Townsend mapped out the route and received permission from ranchers and farmers to allow the group to camp on their land. Some helped out during last year’s drive, Lockwood said.
“You know how people in Oklahoma will go out of their way to help you,” said Lockwood, the postmaster of Hennessey.
He also persuaded the Bow Hunters Council of Oklahoma to provide demonstrations of shooting authentic American Indian-style bows made of Osage orange trees and primitive arms and helped arrange a powwow, a night in a lodge-pole teepee and a mini-rodeo in which scouts will try their hands at roping, calf-tying and branding.
Come on. You have to admit this an awesome experience and you’re now trying to find a way to be Mike Malone’s friend (or Michael S. Malone as he is known on his column when writing for ABC News – Well, how else were you going to find him and send him a note?). Thanks, Mike!
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Boy Scout Tad Malone Finalizes His Children's Town Eagle Project | BoyandGirlScouts.com - News, Opinion, Advice Says:
26 June 2009 at 1:29 am.
[...] out what the result of his epic Eagle Project would be. Tad’s father was kind enough to share a cool story about his troop riding along the Chisholm Trail in Oklahoma. At the same time, Tad was trying to help some younger kids he’d met as described in a story [...]
