Guests

Sometimes the problem with being in the great outdoors is that there's too much nature involved.

Travel plans?

This is one of my favorites from four years ago. I’m having technical difficulties, so I may be doing reruns for a little while. 
 

We're all the same

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

The ward we visited last week had reports from some of the girls who went to Girl's Camp. It maybe wasn't the happiest of experiences for all of them. 
 

Keeping it clean

It's difficult to keep clean when you sleep in the dirt.
 

Which prayer was that?

Out of all those critters, the most dangerous I ever encountered were the squirrels.
 

Bringing the heat

This is what happens when our stake's Girl's Camp coincides with our Come, Follow Me study of Elijah.

In my experience, Girl's Camp usually has great food. It's what is on the Young Men's menu you have to worry about!
 

S'mores for everyone!

Teancum gets his fair share of gags, doesn't he? It would be interesting to do a survey to see which Book of Mormon characters show up in comics the most. 

Underneath it all

It's even more true when you go camping with the Young Men.
 

Let me take you away from all this

Gotta hand it to Ishmael's family. They must have had a LOT of faith!

A farewell to Scouts

Scouting has played a major role in my life. It's a bit bittersweet as we say goodbye to Scouting as the activity arm of the Young Men's program. Not to mention that it's great fodder for cartooning!

Here are ten of my favorite Scouting cartoons from over the years. And if you're feeling sentimental, you can always order my collection: Cubs, Scouts and Zombies. It's a great post-Christmas gift!

Just plug yourself in

Some of the best testimony meetings I've ever been in have been outside, around a campfire.

Camp clean up

Ironically, the mess kit is clean!

Check your sources

One of the first map reading skills we teach Scouts is how to orient your map to your location. Otherwise you could easily wind up off course, far, far away.

With just a dash of jelly

Sometimes when assignments are made at Scout camp, leaders take for granted that the kids have been trained in some of the basic skills.

Protect your goodies

Kind of an inside joke for scouters — the kids with the blue uniforms and blue neckerchiefs are Bear Scouts

In the beginning

Sometimes young scouts can feel overconfident. It usually isn't justified.

Sketchbook: up close and personal

We visited a ward on Sunday where the sacrament meeting program was a report on Girls Camp — for the third week in a row, apparently. The bishop said he really wanted the ward to know what it was like. Having been on many a scout camp, I went there.

Sorry, no Canada Day cartoon this year, eh?

Endless summer... camp

As the school year comes to a close around here, it's time to start thinking about summer activities. For many of our Young Men, this summer could be the last chance they get to go to Scout camp.

Be that as it may, there are many of us who have fond memories of the Scouting program. In fact, many of those memories are included in my new collection, Cubs, Scouts and Zombies! Grab a copy for your favorite Scouter — or zombie — today!

Singing around the diode

It seems like every year our Scouts went to camp in August — at the end of the summer when everything has dried out. There were quite a few times when there was no fire allowed. The lack of a campfire really does take away from the spirit — and the smell — of camp!

It's wildfire season around here. Eighty percent of the state is in drought condition; we have fires in several locations.

Be careful when you're out there!

Fairy Tale Theatre

I've said it before: If you think the sights you see in the morning at Girls Camp are scary, you've never been to Scout Camp!

On a personal note, I kind of like the way the sky turned out on this one. I love it when a cartoon comes together!