The cool cars....

My husband is a huge car enthusiast. So it was fun to go to the car museum with him. Lane Motor Museum features foreign cars and one of kind vehicles.

I have to say, I was pretty impressed at the extent of their collection. Cars that were tiny, cars that raced, cars with 3 wheels, cars that went in the water. Yes, they had amphibian cars! Cars
made out of wood, fiberglass, stainless steel. Motorcycles with one wheel, motor cycles with rotary engines. Cars that were pedal powered, cars that looked like planes, cars with wings and planes that could fit in your garage. Fast cars, slow cars, old cars, new cars. This is beginning to sound like a Dr. Seuss story!

It really was very impressive. On this particular day, they had tours of the basement collection. More fun stuff going on down there. We really got to see some very cool, very unique vehicles. Although I do have to say that I certainly have an new appreciation from my more modern car. Safety items, good gas milage and a little more power!

Definately a fun place to look into for your collecting belt loop qualification of visiting a museum and seeing a collection.

Car Museums Complete Collecting Belt Loop

We had planned a trip to Lane Motor Museum to complete our collecting belt loop for today. When I logged on to the website http://lanemotormuseum.org/ I found that today is the 5th Anniversary and is having all kinds of special events and rides in the cars! This will be one of them most fun belt loops we've comepleted! Remember, visiting a museum doesn't have to be a stuffy old museum. Think outside the box. We are all looking forward to our trip to the museum today!

To find a car museum near you, visit the National Association of Automobile Museums website http://www.naam.museum/

Belt Loops and the Wolf Program

I have recently received several emails about which Belt Loops work into the Wolf Requirements and Electives. I have put together a list of a few that work in the Wolf Program. Section 20, Electives on Sports you can work many of the belt loops into. But here are a few of the other Belt Loops.

*Fishing Belt Loop
Review local fishing regulations Wolf Elective 19D
Demonstrate how to bait a hook Wolf Elective 19B
Try to catch a fish Wolf Elective 19C

Sports Belt Loops… most can be done in Wolf Elective 20’s

*Collecting Belt Loop
Wolf Requirement 6B~ Make a Collection
Wolf Requirement 6C~ Share your Collection
*visit a museum to complete your Collecting Belt Loop!

*Computer Belt Loop
Explain CPU, Modem, Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor and Printer~ Wolf Elective 21C (Computer mouse/CD-ROM)
Show how to Start Up and Shut Down a computer
Wolf Elective 21B~ use a program to write a report

*Citizenship belt loop
Develop a list of things you can do at home (Wolf Requirement 4E)
Make a poster of things you can do to be a good citizen
Participate in a service related project (food drive)
To earn Citizenship Pin…
Go with parents to vote (Nov 4th)
Participate in a parade (December Christmas Parade)
List ways you can recycle (Wolf Requirement 7E)
Conduct a home energy audit (Wolf Requirement 7F)
Create a collage about America (American ABC’s theme in Feb)

Collecting Belt Loops and Requirements

I recently ran across a program that is perfect for the Collecting Belt Loop and the Wolf Den Collecting Requirements in section 6.

Topps, Upper Deck, Major League Baseball and others, have started an organization called Baseball Card Clubhouse. Participating stores will give your scouts a free Baseball Card Collectors kit with baseball cards and a baseball card collecting patch!

This fulfills:

• Wolf Requirement 6B Make a collection of 10 things and put them together in a neat way.
• If they show and explain their collection to someone else, that satisfies the Wolf Requirement 6C.

Collecting Belt Loop:

• Begin a collection of at least 10 items, title and label your collection.
• Display your collection at a den or pack meeting.
• Visit a show or museum that displays different collections.

For more information or to find a participating store near you, visit www.baseballcardclubhouse.com

Lane Motor Musuem

Lane Motor Museum is Free for Dad’s (and kids) on Father’s Day

Lane Motor Museum is Free for Dad's and all children under the age of 18 are Free on Father's Day Sunday June 15th. They have over 150 mostly European cars and will be offering car rides in some of the vehicles. Details from their website are below and with Dad's and Kids FREE, that makes admission just $5 for Mom! I hear this is an awesome car museum and of course it also fulfills one part of the COLLECTING BELT LOOP (visit a collection, the other two requirements we have scheduled during the school year) and it also fulfills one of the BSA Family requirements as well.

Lane Motor Museum website is http://www.lanemotormuseum.com/

June - Dads are Free this Fathers Day- Sunday, June 15 Don't miss out on this great chance to bring your Dad out for a free day of fun at the Lane Motor Museum! Dads are free all day (hours 10am-5pm) and special activities including car rides and demonstrations will happen between 11am-4:30pm including:
11:00-11:30 Rides in a 1958 Tatra T-603*
12:00-12:30 Rides in a 1956 Citroën ID 19*
12:30-1:00 Demonstration: Helicron*
1:00-1:30 Rides in a 1963 BMW 3200 S*
1:30-2:00 Demonstration: Peel Trident*
2:00-2:30 Demonstration: Davis 3-Wheeler*
2:30-3:00 Basement Tour
3:00-3:30 Rides in a 1958 Tatra T-603*
3:30-4:00 Demonstration: Ford Quadricycle*
4:00-4:30 Rides in a 1956 Citroën ID 19*

*Cars used for rides or demonstration are subject to change