Jim_Welton

We should also consider in this mix that the people in your Council have spent their hard earned dollars on your council camp. You've made the investment, it's yours, not the professionals, it's yours as members of that Council. If it isn't being run the way you want it to be run so you will attend, you should be making certain the problem is solved or sell the camp and put the money into other programs you will use.

I am a long time poster on various other Scouting mail lists and sites, but new here. After many years as a volunteer I started signing the other side of the check and am the Camp Director for Laguna Station High Adventure Sea Base on South Padre Island in Texas. I also am an Associate Advisor for Crew 574 and recently retired as the SM for Troop 74, but remain as an active Committee Member. I also collect CSPs and camp patches, odds and ends of Scouting memorabilia. Have an Eagle Scout son who is off to Texas State University, a daughter who continues to amaze me. I have also returned to college to pursue studies in Psychology.

Yes, we have offered surfing at Laguna Station for a couple years. There is a video on youtube which shows a little bit. Basically we enjoy 2-5 foot swells most of June and into July. Great size for beginners. We use 8-11' soft boards with professional instruction early in the week and open surfing the rest of the week in our Island Adventure Program. In 2008 we are opening up a few weeks in June and early July for an all surfing (boogie boarding, skim boarding) week.