I got back today after camping with my Boy Scout Troop up at Camp Trexler in Jonas, PA. It was a lot of fun, but very icy. I kid you not when I say that the entire camp was pretty much a giant sheet of ice. People and cars were sliding all over the place and even I had trouble maintaining my footing when I stepped out. Hurt my hip too trying to balance myself when I slipped once, but I was able to stay up. I'll be fine though, nothing serious.

I left straight from work Friday, picked up my Dad and headed up. Weather Friday was lousy, rain rain rain. Roads weren't too bad until we got to Camp Trexler I start going up the hill and think "hey, they paved this!" That thought was cut short when my Dad said "no they didn't". I quickly realized that the road up was a thick layer of ice. I managed to get up the hill simply by keeping my momentum and just going.

Friday night we just hung around in the cabin, Memorial Lodge, played cards, RISK, and had a dessert competition.

Saturday was the big day of events. In the morning we had a scavenger hunt set up for the scouts where they had to find playing cards scattered around the camp. In the afternoon there was a competition set up with events ranging from log throwing, caber tosses, a compas course, log splitting and others. I helped my Dad run the compass course and pretty much took over once he went off and ran the stations himself. Saturday night, there was a firebuilding contest which was pretty cool, scouts had to build a fire, and then transport the fire to another location (a 3-5 minute walk away) and restart the fire and burn through a dowel. 3 out of the 5 patrols were able to do it successfully so good for them.

Sunday wasn't much of an events day, just had breakfast, packed up, cleaned up, and hit the road.

Saturday also brought the fun of trying to get my parents' van back down the road after Eric (my brother) didn't heed the warnings and tried to drive up the hill, needless to say, he got stuck halfway up and we all had the task of bringing the van back down safely. The ice had re-frozen and it was almost impossible to drive up the hill, it was so bad there was a slight fender bender earlier in the day. Fortunately the van made it down without any damage.

Eric, the senior patrol leader for Troop 72 did a great job at setting up and planning the weekend. He organized all the events and really did a good job mixing in various different activities for the scouts to participate in.

Here are some links to the photos and videos of the weekend:

Winter Camp 2008 Photo Album

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My weekend was jam packed. It seems like the only time I really spent at home was yesterday (Sunday) evening. I was out all over the place. Went to Bristol Saturday and had lunch and hung around with Cass.Saturday night I went over to LJ's and played Rock Band. (Pictures here) Game was fun, not sure it's worth the $180 for me, but still a fun game. Sunday I slept in til like 1, and then went shopping like all day. Didn't get much other than Apollo 13 on HD DVD. I still need to do more Christmas shopping. Pretty much need to figure out what to get everyone.

Sunday evening was spent relaxing and gaming. I played Call of Duty 4 mostly. That game is fun. Multiplayer just kicks ass and the single player campaign ain't half bad either. I also played several levels of Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Academy. I beat that game years ago, but even today, it's still fun. Gotta love using force grip to throw people off the edge.

Now, the week begins. Back to the grindstone for me.

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