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Old 02-02-2009, 08:41 AM   #1
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A Little Winter Camping...
Spent the weekend out with the Scouts...figured I'd share a few pics. Cold weekend with temps in the single digits at night but it was a good weekend all in all.

The Campsite...our own little slice of heaven



My Home away from Home for the weekend....



One of the Guys made his own shelter.....



A good stove and a pot of coffee are a must...



As well as a good fire......



Just hanging out at Lunch time.....That's my son on the left, he's about to kill the kid on the right



getting the sled ready for the sled races in the afternoon....



And winding down on the day with a nice Spaghetti and Meatball dinner by the fire....



Kids had a blast and stayed warm and well fed.....we always eat good on a campout. Its a different kind of camping in the winter and everybody should experience it......

We have another one planned in february....got a cabin for this one (everybody should experience this....but once a year is definitely enough), Ice fishing trip with the boys.
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Old 02-02-2009, 08:58 AM   #2
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Awesome pics Kevin.
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Old 02-02-2009, 10:39 AM   #3
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great stuff. I only camped out a few times during the winter and that was on the rim of the grand canyon. It was in the teens but we were prepared so it was a lot of fun. Looks like the kids had fun.
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Awesome pics Kevin .. Great feeling knowing you can actually survive a weekend without X Box and like it .. They'll never forget this stuff . Great program for kids.. Been there and miss it ..
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great pics kevin looks like good time for all
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Old 02-02-2009, 12:00 PM   #6
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Kevin, looks great!! My son's troop camps every month year round, Klondike Derby and Beanhole Bake next weekend... Where did you guys get the sled??
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Old 02-02-2009, 12:19 PM   #7
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Kevin, looks great!! My son's troop camps every month year round, Klondike Derby and Beanhole Bake next weekend... Where did you guys get the sled??
We try and plan a trip a month ourselves too...had 2 cancelled this year because of weather.

Canoe trip got cancelled because of a huge rainstorm (Not smart to take kids on a river when they are predicting 10" of rainfall.)

And a Scout Skills weekend got cancelled because of the Ice Storm.

Gonna be down in RI for an Indian Lore weekend in April at Yawgoog.


The Sled was made by the scouts in the troop a few years back. Saw some real nic ones at the camporee this past weekend....one was all fir with Cedar Strip Runners.....real cool.
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wow, looks like some real surviorvman stuff with that improvised shelter!

Great pics, sounds like a good time was had by all! You just need a team of dogs for that sled!
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You just need a team of dogs for that sled!

Thats what the 1st year scouts are for.....




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Boy that brings back some memories. I was a scout till almost a senior in high school and we did a lot of winter camping, The Deep Freeze, The Polar Bear and The Klondike Derby are some of the winter jamborees I can remember, I still have most of the patches in a box somewhere. Great times, and I learned a lot about how to survive comfortably in the winter woods.
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Man I miss those trips,both my boys Eagled and are off at college.
We did several trips up to Canada and NH for winter camping , all in snow caves. I think when your camping like that just about anything tastes great . We did have a few great stews and cobblers out of dutch ovens. Keep up the good work Good scoutmasters are getting hard to find
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Great pics Kevin! Can't wait to try that with my kids. I want to do it Maine using snowmobiles to get in and out.
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That brings back memories, Great pics. Great to see the future generation out doing what we did.
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Looks like good weather for the Lone Tree Klondike! It was mighty cold for the one's a couple of weeks ago. Aquila's is in Peabody on the 14th.

I was in G'town last week for Petrie's Wood Badge beading, have someone show you the "pie in the face" pictures.
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Great pics. Looks just like our trip to Flagstaff on 1/9/09. 13 degrees at camp popcicle. All tents no snow cave this time. We had a great time snow boarding and sledding. Had 3 rookies that trip. The food does taste better outdoors. We had chilli for dinner, (helps heat the tents )
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