My hats off to ya!

[Eagledad]

Troops camping this weekend. Temps are in the low 20s with the wind gusting through the 40s here in Oklahoma. I'm sure winter has set in hard in most of the rest of the country as well.

 

I love this scouting stuff.

 

Barry

[OwntheNight]

Barry,

 

Thanks for the update. We are headed to SE Oklahoma next weekend for our campout.( just outside Atoka) Last years campout was 15 degrees and lots of mud from all the rain and snow throughout the week. Of course, It's still one of the boys' favorite and most memorable campouts!

[Twocubdad]

We were surprised to wake up to 2" of snow outside the tent Sunday. First time that's ever happened to me.

 

The boys who have wanted to go snow camping for several years got their wish. They learned a few things -- a whole new layer on the Be Prepared thing, and to be careful what you wish for.

 

This far south camping in the snow isn't like it is up in Beavahland. The ground never freezes so your always dealing with just slush. And there's never enough snow to get any sort of insulating effect. Snow storms almost alway either start or end with freezing rain, so it's just wet and cold.

 

But we lucked out. The adults were at base camp in shelters. All the patrols were scattered around about mile or more out into adirondacks. So everyone was dry and didn't have to pack out wet tents. We really had the best of both.

 

The only down side was with the holidays, exams next week and bitter cold leading up to the weekend, we had a very small turnout. That's just going to make bragging that much better.