1st Scout Campout

After the new scout day, we went on our first scouting camp out with the pack. It was at Wagontrain Lake, where we spent the summer swimming with the boys. The campground is a nice grassy hollow under huge cottonwood and sycamore trees.

The pack went for a nature hike to look at trees. We ended up looking at bugs. Big bugs. Big meat-eating bugs.
For some reason, the orb spiders were out in force in the prairie grass. Between every two tall grass stems there was at least one large spider in his/her web. These are the big black and yellow striped ones. They weren't as big as the ones in Florida, but they were big enough to be creepy and keep everyone on the trail. The boys had fun throwing grass hoppers into the webs and watching the spiders quickly wrap up their dinner.

The highlight of the campground was a four foot deep gully behind our tents. Every kid in the campground was in it running and hollering. Between the gully and the spiders, no one had to worry about any escapees.
Two of the dads made cobbler in their dutch ovens; JP was very impressed and finally conceded to my request to buy one.