What I like about camping is you can get really dirty. Either you're all by yourself, so no one else sees you, or everyone you're with is just as dirty as you are, so nobody cares. ~Anonymous former Boy Scout
Last night I took Ty to his Boy Scout swim party while a few of us first year parents nestled in chairs around the table in a corner of the pool patio learning from a Veteran Scouter about Scout camp at Bartle. This isn't the first time hearing all this information either. But each time, it's information overload and a little something new comes out of the talks too.
I think I am more anxious about this than Ty is. We received a 30+ page handbook regarding the 10 day excursion and it still doesn't cover it all. I scribbled in my note book to make sure to pack a rug for the tent floor and a broom to sweep out the creatures. Don't forget to send a care package - they love it. Pack it full of comic books, snacks, camera, a letter, pre-addressed postcards, etc. Send postcards everyday. Let the boys decorate their camp boxes... HUH?!?! Ty leaves in 9 days. I have so much to do. I need to go to Wal-mart in a bad way. Oh yes, and there's this test they do in the water that requires them to have pants (2 sizes to big), button up long sleeve shirt with collar, belt and shoes they can jump in the pool with. It's a survival test and the shirt and/or pants need to be able to hold air. Sounds impossible to me.
Ty is starting to get nervous, I hope it subsides once he gets down there and starts having fun with his buddies. He's worried about the ticks, raccoons, and coyotes. Although it was his buddies talking that made him concerned about these pest. This will be his first year without me going with him. I keep telling him about when I was his age I went to camp without my parents and had the best time! I was so excited I couldn't sleep that night.
Better get on with making my Wal-Mart list!
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ahhh, Bartle....
I spent a few years there myself. The swimming thing is easy, you have to jump in fully clothed. you simply take off your pants, tie the legs together, and make a shoddy life jacket. he will also need some cash, not a ton, but we killed alot of time walking to the general store to buy stuff. definitely send care packages, that was always exciting, and in a few years, if Ty sticks with it (did you know I was an Eagle Scout?) he will possibly be invited into the local native american tribe there, i can share some stories there. imagine, or dont, me in a costume, no shirt, shorts under a loin cloth, wearing choker beads, and doing a ceremonial dance.
How fun! I bet he will have a great time. Send me the camp address and I will send him a card while he is there. =)
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