Devonviolet Acres

[greybeard]

greybeard what do you do with the Scouts?

Not as much as I used to. I'm an 'associate' or what they call "Friends of scouting' and don't get involved in the weekly or other regularly scheduled meetings. Nowadays just provide the 2 local troops and the leaders a place to hike, camp, canoe, and fish. Do gun safety demos some years, usually BBQ twice a year late spring and again in early fall but the flood made me cancel last fall's get together. They're building a brand new state of the art "21st Century" scout camp facility about 15 miles up the road from me with a 25 ac lake, archery and firearms range, lots of good camp sites and pavilions and halls and it should be finished in about 12-14 months so I will be doing even less once it's complete.

http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/camp-strake

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't know if there is much growing around us but from the numbers of drone aircraft we see flying around I assume there is quite a bit.

 

[Bruce]

Drones looking for illegal plots or drones looking for "revenuers"?

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm not sure but it could be either.

 

[greybeard]

They use helicopters and small piloted fixed wing here to look around and to handle it too..

 

[babsbag]

It's pretty ignored around here unless there is a lot but that doesn't mean I like it.

@greybeard the donation of your time and experience to scouting is appreciated. We always had a hard time finding mentors. Thank you.

That's going to be quite a camp.

 

[Southern by choice]

Years ago when DH and I lived up North there was a huge bust -acres of the stuff.
Anyway it was in the papers and on and on and then they foolishly announced they would be burning it.

It was an outdoor burn. People showed up all over, and around!
I wonder if anyone got fired over that little "not thinking it through" event .

 

[Devonviolet]

That is hilarious! A free, government sponsored high!!!

At Christmas dinner, we were talking about pot being legalized in California, Washington state & Colorado. I mentioned I wouldn't be able to smoke it or be around it being smoked, because it gives me migraines. DD smiled and then you could see the light of realization go off. "When did YOU smoke pot???"

I laughed & told her it was shortly after her Dad & I were married, we went to visit my sister & she gave us a joint to smoke. I got a migraine almost instantly & her Dad fell asleep. Needless to say, that was the 1st & last joint I ever smoked!

Ah, the sins of our youth!

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[babsbag]

We used to smell it during harvest. But our county passed a law that it has to be grown inside so that helps with that aspect. The county I live in has been a refuge for the illegal stuff for years and years...I am definitely in the minority be not growing or using.