About our cover:
What's up with the moon? It's just a big rock, really. Still, without the moon, you'd have to take a flashlight on your moonlight strolls, sit on a beach where the tide goes out but never comes in, and, mostly, show nothing when your kids want to see a stunning heavenly body with just a simple pair of binoculars. Writer Suzanne Wilson discovered a trove of lunar lore for her story, "Night Moves."
Cover photographs by John R. Fulton Jr.
In the November - December 2008 Issue
- Letters
- News Briefs
- BSA's Year of the Volunteer Expect excellence from young adults, says Venturing volunteer Dorothy Gehlhausen.
- The Way It Was Lord Robert Baden-Powell meets friends and foes on a visit to the United States in 1912.
- Boys' Life Preview Adventures in kayaking the Pacific Ocean, viewing King Tut, and going green.
- Front Line Stuff Get a handle on the misuse of cell phones.
- Outdoor Smarts Gifts and gadgets for the outdoor traveler.
- Easy Eats Three great pumpkin recipes guaranteed to make you the hero of holiday dining.
- Worth Retelling A frightful misunderstanding.
- Scoutmaster's Toolbox This is not a test: Conduct a board of review.
- Family Fun Page Solve these hot cold-weather puzzles.
- Prepared for Crisis, Willing to Serve
- Two dissimilar situations — one poignant, one positive: BSA President John Gottschalk and Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca reflect on what showed the world the very best of the Boy Scouts of America.
- Night Moves
- If you don't really know what you're seeing when you gaze up at the moon, you will after reading these fascinating facts about Earth's mysterious partner in space.
- The Law Makers
- Long hours? Hard work? Well, that's show biz. A Boy Scout film crew gives new meaning to the 12 points of the Scout Law.
- Deep Freeze
- Baby, it was cold outside when Scouts from the Midnight Sun Council went for an autumn swim. Call it the Polar "Brrr!" patch.
- Up, Down, Move All Around
- Join a bunch of grown-ups acting like kids at the Roundtable Themes Conference to ensure your Cub Scouts have more fun.