National Center West Map, Patch, and Cartoon

A few months ago, fellow Troop 20 member Jenny and I reconnected and went through a lot of her scrapbook stuff from our time together.  I took some of it back home in order to document it.  She even saved permission slips!

First is a copy of the smaller National Center West map that each of us received when we got there.  Of course I lost mine, but Jenny to the rescue!  A few years ago, I was able to track down a copy of the larger and more detailed topo map on ebay and pieced it together in one graphic but I was hoping to find a copy of the smaller map too.  

I also scanned it in as a PDF if you’d like to download it:  Map of NCW

She also had a NCW patch in her stash.  I opted for the pin at the time, so this is a very special addition to my patch collection.  Since it was the 75th Anniversary of Girl Scouts in 1987, it featured a special logo that was used nationwide and a rocker added for NCW:

And last but not least is something that wasn’t from Jenny’s scrapbook, but from my pile of papers saved from one of my mother’s cleaning purges.  It’s a cartoon about backpacking that I drew after the trip.  I thought it was especially appropriate considering we are taking our Cadettes backpacking in June, and I haven’t been done this since my time at NCW.  I’m doing some training this weekend.   Because I now have 31 years under my belt, not to mention a little more weight, so I’m gonna need it.

Wish me and my shoulders luck!  And my legs, and my arms, and my neck, and my knees, etc.