Big Scout & Chief Instigator: Jean Synodinos

About the Big Scout Project
The Big Scout Project is a D.I.Y. adventure in lifelong learning. By working her way through the badges in the Jr. Girl Scout handbook, our middle-aged "big scout," Jean Synodinos, hopes to live a wider life, or at least be consistently surprised in small ways. What could possibly go wrong?RSS, Baby!
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Tag Archives: camping
Baking in a Box Oven
For all you big scouts headed off for a weekend of camping, I’ve been reposting some popular camping-related posts from last year. This week’s re-posts have included how to make a fire starter and build a box oven. Today, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Food/Cooking, Sports & Recreation
Tagged baking, box oven, camping, scotch oven
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Make Your Own Box Oven for Camping
Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, I’m reposting some popular camping-related posts from last year. Today, learn how to make a box oven — great for baking outdoors. I still have the one I made in the video below, and … Continue reading
Ladies & Gentlemen, Start Your Fires (Safely)!
We’re days away from Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to summer and camping season, so I thought I’d spend the week reposting a few popular posts on the subject from last year. I’ll be making the pilgrimage to the … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Sports & Recreation
Tagged camping, fire starter, Kerrville Folk Festival, Memorial Day
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Top 10 of 2011
Gang, it’s the last of the “top” lists for a while, but the data geek in me can’t help looking at stats, and I’m using today’s post to share a list of the Top 10 posts for 2011, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Badge Work
Tagged adult learning, Arts and Crafts, camping, Kitchen Science
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Camp Training Final Wrap Up
In the last post, I started wrapping up the work done during the camp training I was able to take in early May, and today I thought I’d finish that wrap up by just walking folks through the approximate timeline … Continue reading




