Camp - out . . .

Oh my goodness, my pictures from our Cub Scout camp out are so bad!  I only took my iPhone and the lighting was not right.  I'll post a couple pictures but then I'll give you a link to Renee's blog.  She took great pictures!  She has also taken my kids' Fall "school" pictures for the last two years.

 I won't go into details about how this is the first real Cub Scout family camp out for our Pack.  Or that Josh and I had to push for 2 years to get this on the Pack calendar.  The process of scheduling this event was sped up last spring when our Pack received a letter that stated we had earned a free weekend at Fire Mountain because we, (I) had turned in the re-charter paperwork on time.  I spent Spring and Summer thinking about and planning this outing with the help of Josh.  It felt like we were reinventing the wheel.  Our Pack simply hadn't done one before. 

This deer didn't mind us storming into camp.

  Thankfully Josh had recently done Scoutmaster training and Intro to Outdoor leadership skills training.  In doing so, he learned a great way to cook breakfast for the masses.  Boiled scrabbled eggs in bags.

Take a couple eggs, break them in bag, add some precooked ground sausage and shredded cheese.  Seal it up and give in good shaky shake!  Then drop it in the water for 15 minutes.  Whala! Eat right out of the bag or empty it into a burrito.  Simply awesome!  We borrowed the 15 gallon crab cooking pot, the burner stand and a tank of propane to fuel it.  Our breakfast for 45 included scrabbled eggs, tortillas, instant oatmeal, bagels and cream cheese and bananas. 

Some of the highlights of our camping trip included, fishing, the campfire, hiking and BB gun shooting.  I also really enjoyed sleeping in the 8 man bunks.  The wood structure buildings held the heat of the day and I didn't freeze during the night!

Working on fire building with the Webelos Scouts.

Our group of 10 families had 14 scouts, 15 siblings, and 16 adults for a total of 45. I thought that was a great turn out!

I will stop torturing you now with my pictures.  Go over to Renee's blog to see some great ones.
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