So Colton and I once again got to spend some quality time together at Cub Scout Camp this summer. This time it was from Wednesday to Saturday and on the hottest days of the summer. We were prepared with our tent, plenty of changes of clothes, air mattress, 2 coolers, camp chairs, 3 cases of water (1 frozen in hopes that it will stay cold for a couple days), plenty of snacks, battery powered fans to help us sleep, several bottles of sunscreen and bug spray and off we went to Tomahawk Scout Reservation. The first night some crazy severe storms rolled into camp and I would be lying if I said I wasn't terrified to my core but I had to pretend that it was all okay so the scouts would remain calm and after an hour of lightening strikes, thunder so loud it shook the tent and wind that had our tent swaying back and forth it all passed and we were finally able to get some sleep! After that storm the rest of the weekend seemed so easy. We got to do so much including BB's guns, archery, climbing, swimming, ecology rotations, fire building, whittling, hikes, mini golf, crazy meals in the mess hall (which had no air conditioning and the temps were in the high 90's outside so inside a building with over 150 people it was almost unbearable), plenty of camp sing along songs with our counselors and we ended our camp stay with a hike up the 9 story fire tower! We even got to take part in fun events like Fish, Toad, Turtle and Snake Races, Dandoline Eating Contests, Polar Plunge (swimming at 6am) and climbing to the top of the Climbing Tower to buy Klondike Bars. It was a long 4 days, jam packed with fun and laughs and I will cherish these scout camps forever as it is so much fun for Colton and I get to spend so much one on one time together and I love watching him explore and master so many new things with each new camp!
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