Scout Spirit at Camp Medicine Bow, Yawgoog Scout Reservation

[@mikejackson8669]

Troop 284 copiague my .it's been 30 yrs and I still remember the medicine bow song and will never forget the great times I had their!!!. Rah rah rah yea

[@haroldellis9721]

I'm terrible at remembering song lyrics; I can only manage a few lines, even from my favorite songs. But I have memories from Seaton - from 40 years ago. Creating good memories is a very important thing, isn't it?

[@DrVepr]

Troop 284 from '87 to '93 here. Made my first visit to Yawgoog and MB in over 30 years last weekend, fell in love with Yawgoog all over again. Cheers!

[@mikeyd7749]

I went to Yawgoog 1982-1987. 10:10-10:20 I see my former troop behind the trumpet player (433 Middle Island, Long Island, NY). Really cool!!

[@haroldellis9721]

Who says, "You can't go back."?

[@omegathenoob6453]

I went here last year. Best experience of my life!

[@haroldellis9721]

I had so much fun there, and my own boys got so much out of it, that after our troop went to H M Moses for a weekend trip, I had the idea to try to form a composite troop, that would visit three or four different scout camps each summer.

[@funded.]

Last day this week. It was great

[@rhodeislandrocks10]

Awesome!! I’m from Troop 66, Cranston Garden City RI. I know that our troop is very well known.

[@haroldellis9721]

Thanks. Nice.

[@briangolrick4195]

0:04 is the campsite in this photo waskake? just looks familiar

[@haroldellis9721]

I do believe you are right.

[@dion3727]

yawgoog was some of the best years of my life, think i did medicine bow 7 years in a row i believe a with year with troop 1 Manville RI the rest with troop 711 Albion RI

[@haroldellis9721]

Nice. We have had three trips, with a Troop now run by a friend I was in Troop 10, Cos Cob, with. This was my guys' first Scouting adventure, and now they are nearly done with Eagle.

[@fernhoppertimberworks8037]

Great video .... looks like a fun camp .

[@haroldellis9721]

Thank you, and yes it is, for kids and adults. We were able to go again last year, and will be back this summer. I consider this my most valuable video -- I want no credit for that -- rather, I had the opportunity to capture and share wonderful memories, and the video has been largely well received. It is the people on camera that make it special, I merely watched and strung it together.

[@definitelynotjamie1192]

hell yeah! in the clip with Rabbi Saul Goodman giving grace i can see my troop! (44 Berlin, CT)

[@definitelynotjamie1192]

haha PC Logan looks so young in this

[@haroldellis9721]

Look for a Return to Yawgoog video from me, that will include an interview with PC Logan. Unfortunately, I was not able to interview Rabbi Saul Goodman.

[@theking-mq7xl]

What week was this

[@mav3rick609]

This is gonna be my third year at yawgoog. I leave in five days and hearing the trumpet gets me so happy

[@haroldellis9721]

We get to return a second time this summer, and are very excited to be going again.

[@mav3rick609]

@@haroldellis9721 maybe I’ll see you there lol

[@brqxxee]

Just got back home today had so much fun!

[@toastered_box]

Same

[@haroldellis9721]

Great. We go latter this summer. We came home Saturday from Camp Sequassen, where we had a lot of fun too.

[@briangolrick4195]

same!

[@henryjt2377]

School: NO TALKING OR ELSE YOULL BE IN BIG TRUBLE Yawgoog: LOUDER

[@haroldellis9721]

This year: no yelling in the dinning hall, take that outside, where it belongs. Look for Yawgoog 2021 content soon (we just got back yesterday).

[@henryjt2377]

Oh wow that’s gonna stink

[@haroldellis9721]

@@henryjt2377 We still had a lot of fun, and even adults who had never been noted the exuberance. So not ideal, but real, as in, still real fun. Can't wait to go back next year.

[@henryjt2377]

This is my first year going ( next week ), but I’ve been ecstatic, still estatic

[@haroldellis9721]

@@henryjt2377 There is a reason Troops from as far away as Maryland come to Yawgoog, and the Duty to God patch you can earn by attending religious services, is particularly beautiful this year.

[@aevenova9780]

Proud Eagle of Troop 403! REPRESENT!

[@haroldellis9721]

Nice. I didn't really get it at the time, but being an Eagle Scout really is a life time membership in a special club.

[@vengefulkatana7613]

Any week 3 med bows here? I’m in troop 44 catantowit

[@refinedbeaver8929]

I was yle week 3 if that counts

[@haroldellis9721]

We are week 4. I wouldn't mind adding another week. I had this idea to gather a Composite Troop, and visit three different Scout camps in a row, but I am not getting a lot of traction.

[@toastered_box]

Don’t give me no point, no point! Don’t give me no beach, no beach! Just give me that bow bow bow bow bow! Just give me that bow bow bow bow BOW!!

[@haroldellis9721]

I'm very pro bow, but honestly, I would take beach or point over not going -- just ask 2020 Harold.

[@henryjt2377]

Obviously TP Is the best.

[@jfleming572]

I have authored three books containing merit badge requirements. These books will assist the scout and merit badge counselor to achieve the desired merit badge. The books can be obtained on amazon or at the local library. They are WEATHER by Jack Fleming, GEOLOGY by Jack Fleming, and BEACHES (for the Oceanography badge) by Jack Fleming.

[@haroldellis9721]

Excellent. I am working on videos to support various merit badges; a video for each requirement, starting with Art and Wilderness Survival, and soon adding Game Design. This started during our remote Merit Badge College.

[@alexwwethekinghi1984]

what weeks was this

[@haroldellis9721]

I think it was Week 4, 2019. Think.

[@nrobert102]

What troop are u with

[@haroldellis9721]

We were with Troop 11, Greenwich; I was providing Two Deep for my friend's Troop, as well as getting my boys started in Scouting. We are now with Troop 608, Hamden.

[@Jason-qt5js]

i heard some kid say that medicine bow is just a bridge from three point to sandy beach

[@haroldellis9721]

🤣🤣🤣 Them's fighting' words. 😡

[@randidaponte9336]

Week 6 Troop 74 Coram!!! Bow to the Bow!!!

[@mikeyd7749]

I grew up in Coram! Is Troop 64 still around??

[@theking-mq7xl]

I know yall troop 93 Montville see yall next week

[@refinedbeaver8929]

Week 6 Troop 355 Newton the bows troop of the week!!!!!

[@theking-mq7xl]

@@refinedbeaver8929 good job

[@jackserrentino3900]

yeah i’m one of the people playing the trumpet time of my life

[@haroldellis9721]

If what matters most in this video (which I think is the most important video I have) is the memories, what makes the video work is Scouts like you, playing your instrument, and bringing the energy. Thank you.

[@jackserrentino3900]

@@haroldellis9721 that just made my day thank you very much all those boys playing i know them really well ones even my brother

[@haroldellis9721]

@@jackserrentino3900 ...and you made mine.

[@iDontShareMyData]

Water Polo? Where are the horses? They drown already???

[@haroldellis9721]

Fido reports, "Horses taste good."

[@nrobert102]

I used to be in troop 175 West Babylon ny

[@haroldellis9721]

Used to? Did you age out? Back in the day, I was Troop 7, Greenwich, and then Troop 10 Cos Cob.

[@fbi4127]

I am in it right now

[@nrobert102]

FBI what troop

[@nrobert102]

@@fbi4127 u mean ur in troop 175 west Babylon I got out in 2016

[@nrobert102]

@@haroldellis9721 I quit In 2016

[@ericjohansson5576]

Who’s that handsome fellow at 8:00

[@haroldellis9721]

I'm not sure BSA Youth Protection allow me to say (At my age, even 40 somethings seam like Youth Members to me).

[@haroldellis9721]

More importantly, who is that handsome guy at 18:28?

[@stevens8490]

this is totally different from when I was in the boy scouts in the 60s.

[@haroldellis9721]

I can guess. I was in during the '80s, and a lot has changed. Albeit, I did not go to Yawgoog then, so I do not have that frame of reference.

[@samwen4265]

I’m in that like 12 times

[@haroldellis9721]

Well done. I think I appear four times.

[@thetreknerd1378]

Time stamps?

[@haroldellis9721]

You can see me in the Swim Test, Trop level camp fire (singing with my friend Marc, who I met in Scouting back in the day), and the Waterfront Challenge.

[@coburnbatman]

Troop 354 of Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.!!!!

[@haroldellis9721]

You come from a very beautiful town. When I was dating the boys' Mother, I took the ferry so many times, I started to recognize crew members.

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

OH I'M A HAYSEED!!~

[@haroldellis9721]

I keep looking for that fresh water seaweed.

[@jack-wn9ck]

📯📯📯

[@samwilliams874]

jack fr

[@haroldellis9721]

Ah, the inside jokes of Troops and Councils; why do you call a Chevy Caprice Classic station wagon a Chuck Wagon.

[@excayvard8428]

Bro the attention guy is the guy at the rifle range

[@haroldellis9721]

The closest I got to the Rifle Range was the Archery Range.

[@michaels2153]

Troop 327 Islip Terrace NY site Sleepy Hollow (yay!) Camp Three Point

[@haroldellis9721]

Even better, looks like we get to go back this summer. I can't wait.

[@michaels2153]

@@haroldellis9721 lucky! My troop is going to baiting hollow this year. Apparently having FOURTEEN new scouts that briged over this mounth and scouts from last year who havent camped is a good enough reason to stay local.... I feel terrible for our troop guide though the last one had to deal with like, 5

[@yourmother5045]

eeeeeeeeew med bow. sandy beach for life

[@haroldellis9721]

I wouldn't say "no" to staying at sandy beach.

[@michaels2153]

3 point all the way!

[@henryjt2377]

Ewwwwwww Med Bow andddddd Sandy Beach. TP Rules!!!!

[@iDontShareMyData]

You call that a campfire? Where's the gasoline? Where's the green plastic chair??

[@haroldellis9721]

Larry, I think you have added enough gasoline..." Did we burn a green chair last night? No, Pete had it added to a 30 yard dumpster. Where is SP, and what have you done with him?