Your experience matches ours very closely. My son was SPL of a troop of over 100 Scouts and achieved Eagle both at 14 1/2 years old. He’s 16 and will go to Philmont this year after last year’s got cancelled.
Our Troop does wonderful high adventure trips as well as Philmont and Sea Base every year.
Sisters have occasionally tagged along on outings. Now a couple ASMs are splitting off to start an all girls troop. Same sponsoring church, just different night.
My mother was a Cub Den Leader back in the 1960’s.
A lot of people complain about what Scouts are doing these days. But on the ground, where it matters, the Troop still has strong spirit and is run by amazing leaders that would not allow the crap that the trolls accuse Scouts of doing.
——But on the ground, where it matters, the Troop still has strong spirit and is run by amazing leaders that would not allow the crap that the trolls accuse Scouts of doing.-——
Amen...... that is truly the way it is