Day 68: The Scout Show
This was the day of the Denver Area Council’s Scout Show. It was a lot of fun! For me it was a marathon scouting day from getting the booth supplies down to the show at 9 until packing up and taking it all home from 4:30-5.
The show was at the National Western Stock Show complex, with a large interior space for booths, an outdoor area for troop cooking demonstrations, and an arena for pioneering projects.
This was the first time I had attended the scout show, but it didn’t disappoint. The best endorsement of the day was the fact that my 8 year old son spent the entire day there, from 9:30 AM until 4:30 PM and did not complain about being bored even once. It was a blast with tons of things to do!
Packs had a lot of different activities, Pinewood Derby Races, leaf blower hovercrafts, different belt loop stations, and the ever-popular archery and BB gun shooting ranges. Troops had canoe tug-o-wars, skill stations, dutch oven cooking, and pioneering towers and bridges. Crews and Posts had equipment from their organizations and displays for their specialties. Add to this the district and council camps and activities and the scout-friendly businesses, and you have more than 250 booths and activities to really showcase what scouting is all about.
