Scout Camp

Ethan had 11 year old scout camp this week. On Friday I went up as a chaperone. The camp was in Wilmot, Wisconsin, and was put on by the stake. There were only about 15 boys there, and several great leaders. The days before Ethan had passed off swimming and knot tying and hiking requirements. The day I went we learned knife and fire safety. Ethan can now "legally" use his boy scout knife. The boys all made their own fires - - it was the first time Ethan had even lit a match! But he built a great fire. In the evening the boys in my group (3 of them) had to make another fire and cook dinner. We had that great taco soup (even better when cooked in a dutch oven!) and our boys were the first ones to finish. We had moved to an area with more trees and the mosquitos started to really attack us. Scott came to trade places with me and spend the night with Ethan in a tent (I had to go back and chaperone a pool party for the YW/YM). Anyway when Ethan came home the next morning the poor boy was absolutely covered with mosquito bites, hundreds on his legs, face, arms and back. He's been dealing with it pretty well, but he's not what you'd call a happy camper!