On August 7th, Todd went with Aaron on his first scout camp out. They went up to Mt Charleston. I had fixed them some tinfoil dinners, I guess it must have been Aaron's first. He thought the steak and potatoes with a little A-1 drizzled over it, was one of the best meals he ever had. When Aaron and his friend, Evan, saw one of the scout leaders making a "walking stick" as they sat around the fire, they decided they had to make one too. The leader showed them how to do it and the boys ran off to find the "perfect" sticks. Aaron made one for himself and one for Todd and sanded them down really smooth. After Aaron was done with Todd's knife and handed it back to him, Todd waited a few minutes and then gave the knife back and told Aaron it was his now. Aaron's wide-eyed response..."seriously??" He was so excited and as they walked to the tent for the night, Aaron said, "I had a feeling you were going to give me your knife." They had a great time together. Of course when they came home and I saw that the knife was now Aaron's, that made me a little uncomfortable...this is a serious knife. I guess I need to have faith that Aaron has been sufficiently educated on knife safety by the boy scouts. 
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