Noisy Wren’s Blog

HEY! That's no cherry lollipop...

—it's a cow patty skewered on a stick! Back when my son was young, he joined the Boy Scouts of America, and I stepped up as Scoutmaster. One summer, I teamed up with another grizzled Scoutmaster to haul him and an older scout onto the Colorado Trail for a two-week backpacking trek. We were a rowdy crew—cracking jokes, tripping over roots, and howling at the stars. The highlight? A lumbering bear that crashed our camp one night, sniffing around like he owned the place. Aside from that, it was a wild, peaceful romp through the wilderness.