Category: Hankins Tales

(Originally posted to social media on August 20, 2020) A few minutes ago I was scrolling through Facebook looking for anything that might be positive in Nature, anything that was not politics or Covid 19. Suddenly a face flashed across the screen that I had not seen in 40 years but I would know that…

(Originally posted to social media on August 27, 2020) A lot of people were looking forward to the Order of the Arrow Conclave that was set to be at Camp Shenandoah in October. However, with the pandemic numbers remaining at dangerous levels and the projection that it will get worse this fall it was a…

(Originally posted to social media on August 28, 2020) “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while you could miss it” Ferris Beuller’s Day Off….. Ferris was right on the money. We are so busy living life that we sometimes fail to notice what is going on…

(Originally posted to social media on September 10, 2020) An old friend of mine from England (Peter Hodson) sent me a message recently. He had found a bunch of old boy scout camp mugs when he was cleaning and he wanted to know what he should do with them. Nobody in his circle of friends…

(Originally posted to social media on October 6, 2020) I feel compelled to note another passing. Sometimes it seems like that is all I do lately. So many old and dear friends have already gone on down that long and dusty camp road. My good friend Jeff Janosko dropped us a note saying that his…

(Originally posted to social media on October 20, 2020) I have just learned of the death of yet another old friend. We went to the same elementary school and we lived in the same neighborhoods. We were members of the same Boy Scout troop and we walked many of the same trails over the years….

(Originally posted to social media on January 19, 2021) My old friend Tom Keeley has posted that he just learned of the death of Joe Larocco. I have not had the chance to verify this information but I have a bad feeling that it is true. There are a number of Staff pictures from Camp…

(Originally posted to social media on January 21, 2021) My son just posted a video to our little family forum that shows my grandson Greyson telling stories at Brady Saunders. He is standing right in front of a firepit that I built many years ago. There is nobody in the audience but that is beside…

(Originally posted to social media on February 8, 2021) A bunch of the boys from Camp Powhatan and Ottari got together this weekend to have a zoom meeting. They were all members of ASRPH (American Society of Ridge Pole Hunters) and I am deeply sorry that I was not there. I do not currently have…

(Originally posted to social media on February 17, 2021) Boy Scout Camps across the country are facing the daunting task of trying to salvage something out of this upcoming season. Some of them attempted to open last year only to shut down due to State restrictions. There are so many uncertainties tied into this decision…