Monday, February 2, 2009

A WET BUT WONDERFUL WEEKEND by Ben Amend




First we went to the church.

We waited for all the people to get there, then we left.

When we got there, we set up the tents. We didn't have a tarp, so we got wet overnight. It was supposed to snow, but it rained instead.

In the morning, we had oatmeal for breakfast, and we unpacked a few things from the trailer. We got out some sleds, and we pulled them to different areas to complete the challenges we were supposed to do. First, we did an uphill sled race. Next, we went to the first-aid station, were we had to act like a scout in our patrol had a broken femur bone, and make a stretcher for him. Since our Scoutmaster didn't give us the proper equipment, we had to use two wooden rods and a rain poncho. Next, we did a fire building activity, were we worked for about an hour by using wet wood, lighters, and matches. Then, we had to boil water on our fire, which we weren't able to do.

When it was time for lunch, our Scoutmaster told us we would have to go once the activities were over.

After lunch, we did Robots Vs. Pirates (which was actually dodgeball). After that, we didn't have time to do any of the other activities, so we packed up, and went home.