Van damme to salt point

60 miles rolling coastal unfortunately you can not take advantage of the down hills as the turns cause you to brake in the middle. My parents met us mid ride with a bucket of kfc and some cold drinks. The day started out with a shower,  but the rain held off. Thankfully the breeze was pushing us most of the day.

 We crossed the Navarro River which started me to wondering. Why am I riding a Novara and my son riding a Cannondale? Is it because during my youth in scouting I went to one summer camp, Camp Navarro, and during my son's youth, like many scouts in our council,  he attended three and mostly out of council.  We do not share the same passion for the camps we attended as he was unable to attend one camp while a scout do to the lack of a waterfront.

For nearly 100 years scouting has taught sustainablity.  The 4 c's of the outdoor code and  leave no trace. For our council to maintain its sustanability it needs our scout from Santa Rosa,  Petaluma, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Eureka, HealsBurg and every community in the Redwood Empire to be 100 percent vested in our council camps. We  can do this by attend a summer camp session, by pledging to this bike a thon, and by showing an enthusiastic interest in building of the lake at camp masonite navarro.

  Dick, Lee, Alan, Gary, Tim, Bruce, Ray and many others who grew up in our scout camps and worked  as young adult in the camps know about sustainability as they are now part of the process that keeps it going.

We need a water front at camp to make the camp and the council are sustainable and by contributing to this bike a thon we can all have a vested interest in the success of the camp.
 We are going to finish the 1959 miles from Canada to Mexico, so make your  pledges emailed to rcmarson@comcast.net  or send your contribution directly to the Redwood Council Service Center at  2240 professional Drive, Santa Rosa, Ca. Payable to the redwood empire council and memo bike a thon waterfront,  scholarship, or both. If you want you contribution to be part of the troop challenge then indicate which troop or pack you are from.
Rick Marson
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