(Sequel to report on girl's camp). I spend several days at scout camp this past week. I had changed a bit since I was last there for a summer camp. First of all, my cell phone worked EVERYWHERE on camp property that I went. There were hot showers (every camp site) and flush toilets (if you knew where to look).
However, the food seemed more like season end leftovers: I arrived midweek and was told that it was the second time that they'd had chicken patties (a hamburger shaped chicken nugget) for dinner. Then lunch the next day was chicken nuggets - with more of the same mixed veggies as the previous dinner & potato chips instead of instant mashed potatoes. The Friday lunch was PB&J sack lunches.
As this was an all LDS week at camp, there was a midway around the lake on Friday afternoon - each Stake manning an activity. Someone from our Stake forgot to show, so I was drafted to put together an activity that ca. 500 scouts could participate in, one patrol at a time. Our assigned topic was First Aid - which worked out well; training from Samara's Venture Crew to the rescue (again). We even got to perform "First Aid" on one of the visiting Webelos Scouts - he had a "scratch" (almost fully visible) an alcohol wipe cleaned it up (without stinging, so you know how severe the scratch was) and a couple of band aids made him happy.
The BSA camp has somewhat less tolerance for puking than girl's camp. At girl's camp we told the pukers that they hadn't been drinking enough water (true) and that once they'd rested a bit and rehydrated, they needed to get back into action. One of our visiting 11 year old scouts stepped out of the car on arrival at camp and proceeded to upchuck (car sick - eating in the car; bumpy road; past history...) The BSA HQ staff were witnesses; he was rushed to First Aid and quarantined until one of us could break free to take him home. The normal quarantine option is 48 hours, but since our plan for the visiting scouts was overnight, getting him out of camp ASAP was preferred. (Our state regulates our scout camp as a day care center, so there are some rules that may seem a bit extreme). I ended up getting home about six hours earlier than I'd otherwise planned. I missed the final campfire program, but got a date and a good meal.
I think I came out ahead.
Mileage: 155 Total for July= 773. June-July=1111 miles (is this a sign?)
2 comments:
the boyscouts always used to give us a hard time about not REALLY camping at girls camp... now I see how they 'camp' and I can't believe it... somehow I think we beat them at windy point..
The girls have beat the boys at camping ever since we've lived here. The outpost hikes that I went on were more "camping" than anything I could get the boys to do. We even dug our own catholes and pumped our own water.
Too bad that they've stopped doing the outpost hike. Makes me want to take the older girls out for some real camping.
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