Polar Camp

What a great weekend everyone had at Polar Camp!

Thanks to Marc Johannsen for setting up a great camp experience and pulling everything together! The weather was warm and it was a little bit sloppy, but the boys had a ton of fun! Due to the warm weather, the much anticipated tubing hill was closed, but the boys were still able to do some sledding down the big ice hill and the daycamp had a really fun visit from a sled-dog team. From what I hear, that was the high light of most of the kids day! Lunch during camp left a lot to be desired, but as those of you that attended dinner on Saturday night know, DINNER WAS AWESOME! Thanks to Tom DeGayner from Troop 494 for getting dinner for us! We had a lot of help from our dad's as the Troop help was pretty scarce this year. Watch for the pictures on Shutterfly - dad's CAN do dishes! No need to leave all the work to the mom's anymore! Thanks Dad's! In all seriousness, everyone at dinner was very helpful and it was a great success because of all the parent help we had. We couldn't have done it without such supportive families! For those of you that missed it, we had lasagna, salad, garlic bread, and brownies with ice cream! YUM!!!

Friday night, the boys got up to camp and got settled. The cabins they stay in are heated with wood burning stoves so the first order of business was getting a fire started for each cabin so they didn't freeze to death overnight! After that they just relaxed and hung out for the night.

Saturday was the day camp. The day campers from our Pack all arrived and joined the boys that were staying the weekend for a day of fun activities - from making bird feeders to rock wall climbing to sled dogs... It was a full day of really fun activites! After camp, everyone started getting ready for dinner with the Troop.

Before dinner, the kids were able to go sledding, check out the Trading Post and buy some candy, practice their whittling skills, and just plain run around in the warm weather! After dinner, there were a few skits, a bonfire with s'mores, and a late night trip to the snow tunnel hill at the camp.

Sunday morning after everyone got up and had breakfast, some of the boys went on a hike to Friendship Point. It's about a 2 mile hike (?) and according to Jacob Galatzer, they saw raccoon tracks and a raccoon that had been eaten for breakfast. This translates to some raccoon tracks near some fur! After that, it was finally time to head home.

It sounds like everyone had a really great time! Thanks to everyone that helped organize this, pitched in to help with dishes, cooking, cleaning, and watching over our boys. Like I said, these activities wouldn't be the same without our wonderful Pack Parents!

Remember to check back in after Pack meetings, Pack activities, and Leader meetings. I will update this whenever something seems interesting to our Pack. Again, if you have any questions, please ask! I'll post them here with answers and I'm sure many other parents will be wondering the same things!