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: Travel
Area 51 Revisited
Some of these tasks just crack me up. But given my current mood, shared by much of the country (see this post on the debt crisis), this seems an appropriate time for Tasks of the Absurd. BADGE UPDATE: TRAVELER BADGE … Continue reading
Puzzlers for Traveling Word Nerds
I’m on the road a good deal this summer for work, and finding the time to work on this project is particularly challenging when my schedule includes a lot of travel. Like many people, I’ve got a love/hate relationship with … Continue reading
Community Architecture: The French Quarter of New Orleans
I love cities. My favorites are steeped in history and made for walking like European cities. The French Quarter of New Orleans is similar to European cities, which are built around population centers. But the U.S. has only a few cities like … Continue reading
Lava Flow: Watching the World Be Born
There are lots of reasons to visit the Big Island of Hawaii, but for us, no adventure was so anticipated or rewarding as our coastline hike to see lava flowing into the ocean, to see the planet being born. It … Continue reading
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Tagged hiking, Lava, Travel, Volcano, Volcanoes National Park
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Tips for the Happy Holiday Traveler
In my book, nothing ruins a holiday quite like long-distance travel. Thank God my mother agrees–she’s let me off the hook for holiday travel without an iota of guilt for over a decade now. And equal thanks to my mother-in-law for … Continue reading




