Sounds like he's all set
Update,,Just got a pic sent, idk what caliber it is probably a .22, but I must say his camo skills are top notch! I think he's having fun, looks happy..JR
Quote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 02:47:02 AMUpdate,,Just got a pic sent, idk what caliber it is probably a .22, but I must say his camo skills are top notch! I think he's having fun, looks happy..JRA good sniper always blends in with his surroundings...Glad he's having a good time!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Sparkey on July 19, 2017, 04:33:40 AMQuote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 02:47:02 AMUpdate,,Just got a pic sent, idk what caliber it is probably a .22, but I must say his camo skills are top notch! I think he's having fun, looks happy..JRA good sniper always blends in with his surroundings...Glad he's having a good time!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLol, true. He went to breakfast this morning and to a first year swear in, but is now off on his hike, "5" miles! He's going to pass out when he gets back to camp. Especially since he's got to carry a backpack with like two water bottles, a first aid kit, poncho, and few other things, let alone if he's wearing the hiking boots they gave him, those were HEAVY! He complains about going down to the store which is only 1/2 a mile, unless it's for something he wants..JR
Quote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 06:10:06 PMQuote from: Sparkey on July 19, 2017, 04:33:40 AMQuote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 02:47:02 AMUpdate,,Just got a pic sent, idk what caliber it is probably a .22, but I must say his camo skills are top notch! I think he's having fun, looks happy..JRA good sniper always blends in with his surroundings...Glad he's having a good time!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLol, true. He went to breakfast this morning and to a first year swear in, but is now off on his hike, "5" miles! He's going to pass out when he gets back to camp. Especially since he's got to carry a backpack with like two water bottles, a first aid kit, poncho, and few other things, let alone if he's wearing the hiking boots they gave him, those were HEAVY! He complains about going down to the store which is only 1/2 a mile, unless it's for something he wants..JRIf he's hiking with his buddies and having a good time, he won't realize it's 5 miles!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Sparkey on July 19, 2017, 07:05:41 PMQuote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 06:10:06 PMQuote from: Sparkey on July 19, 2017, 04:33:40 AMQuote from: MadPlumbarian on July 19, 2017, 02:47:02 AMUpdate,,Just got a pic sent, idk what caliber it is probably a .22, but I must say his camo skills are top notch! I think he's having fun, looks happy..JRA good sniper always blends in with his surroundings...Glad he's having a good time!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLol, true. He went to breakfast this morning and to a first year swear in, but is now off on his hike, "5" miles! He's going to pass out when he gets back to camp. Especially since he's got to carry a backpack with like two water bottles, a first aid kit, poncho, and few other things, let alone if he's wearing the hiking boots they gave him, those were HEAVY! He complains about going down to the store which is only 1/2 a mile, unless it's for something he wants..JRIf he's hiking with his buddies and having a good time, he won't realize it's 5 miles!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLol, not him, especially if it's almost 90° out, and to top it off there's a thunder storm coming in..JR
The fact he is uncomfortable with many of these things is the very reason he should be out there doing them!
Quote from: Syncop8r on July 20, 2017, 02:57:11 AM The fact he is uncomfortable with many of these things is the very reason he should be out there doing them!This ^^^What a wonderful trip. I'm super stoked for him to have this opportunity. A friends kid recently went to a camp and had a blast. This is a kid who play videos games, reads, and watches tv all day. They went on a 6 mile hike I thought would kill the kid ( joking, kinda ) but he said it was fun. When they are with friends and chatting it up the miles are a non issue. This troop is doing lots of fun things he'll remember for years.
Quote from: Aloha007 on July 20, 2017, 04:09:55 PMQuote from: Syncop8r on July 20, 2017, 02:57:11 AM The fact he is uncomfortable with many of these things is the very reason he should be out there doing them!This ^^^What a wonderful trip. I'm super stoked for him to have this opportunity. A friends kid recently went to a camp and had a blast. This is a kid who play videos games, reads, and watches tv all day. They went on a 6 mile hike I thought would kill the kid ( joking, kinda ) but he said it was fun. When they are with friends and chatting it up the miles are a non issue. This troop is doing lots of fun things he'll remember for years. He's the same, he's home schooled all through the comp, he does nothing but video games on the tv and or online, and is attached to his tablet 24/7, I mean he litterly sleeps with it, he'll put it on his nightstand to watch something and drift off! To find out that he did the 5mile hike and then volunteered to help the guy standing next to him I was shocked, I fig he would have got back and fallen flat on his face! Heck he complains about going only a 1/2 mile out back home! To top it off, the reason he's home schooled was because he was severely bullied and his anxiety/ADHD. Moms ecstatic! Well of course me too..JR
MadP. I'm sorry the hear he was bullied. That chaps my hide something fierce. I grew up with 4 brothers and all of them are large. My older bro stands 6'4 250lbs while my youngest is 6'3 270lbs with the other 2 in between them in size. I'm the small guy . Any way we were lucky in that no one bothered us since there were 5 of us total. I dont like bullies and neither did my brothers. We'd stomp the crap out of anyone who picked on smaller kids or kids who just didn't stick up for themselves. I hope he knows there are some good kids out there and while there are some real jerks they aren't the majority. I am glad he's shining out there. There really is something to the Great Outdoors. I've seen first hand when you get city kids out in the wild they come back a bit different. Heck when you get these youngins who stay indoors and play videos outside the flourish. Maybe when he gets back you two can get back out like you did . That was a wonderful father/son day. I loved it.
As for getting out with him, yeah I'd like to do some stuff. My only thing is with my medical I have to be watched and since he's just a little guy he can't really do much, but he's gotten bigger and mom says he should be able to take control.. so we're both stoked!
Next year he'll go and he won't call home. Year after that, he won't want to come home. After that, he'll want to be working at camp and live there all summer.