The 1st Cub Scout Campout..... Friday night

Friday Scott took the day off and we packed..... And packed and packed..... We had to meet up with Kati and Walter about 4ish..... Scott did a great job packing the van and with the wood that we brought, there was not an inch of space. We had to put chairs under the boys feet but we managed to fit everything that we needed in the van. Next time we will take out the seat and it will be much easier.

Unfortunately we were told there were signs at EVERY stop sign pointing the way but we drove around on the 7 looper lake roads that Scoutland was supposable on. We drove around and around, following and turning around with about the other dozen cars that were doing the same thing! We finally found Scoutland and checked in, yelling at the people for the lack of signage! (seriously? would you expect any less from me?) Braeden was fast asleep and we left him that way, knowing that it was going to be a long night.....

Setting up camp was just a barrel of fun in the dark :):) Our first task was to get the fire started so we had some heat and light. The temps were dropping down into the 40's and it was a bit chilly. The S's just purchased a new tent, one like our old green one and the next time that we go camping we will have one like theirs... It is the cabin type like our old one but MUCH easier to put up than our old one. They were unsure how to put it up so helped us with ours and then the 4 of us worked on theirs.

We brought our electric pump that we use in our car and Walter tried to pump up their air mattresses with a foot pump that made an UNGODLY screaming noise that brought children flocking to see what the noise was. Needless to say that went back in the car and they used ours.... We got sleeping bags set, pillows in and settled around the campfire. The boys were starving even though we had stopped for dinner but they were so excited that they did not eat alot. I made soup and they each had some and then they cooked some marshmallows and when they were sick of doing that I suggested to Quentin that he cook his nuggets over the fire. He went and got them and when he appeared back at the camp fire he had the marshmallow fork stuck through the box of the nuggets ready to "heat them up".... Come on? Got that image in your brain?? It was too funny! Still laughing about it now... through my sleepy haze......

We finally put out the fire and settled in for the night...... Freekin Freezing~! nuff said....... Photos are just dispersed through out, trying to fit ones in where they go........

The fire is the main comfort of the camp,
whether in summer or winter, and is
about as ample at one season as at another.
It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
~Henry David Thoreau