Lookout Ridge Campout
  
Our Webelos campout was a great success despite being cold and wet the next morning from dew raining from the trees. It was after two o'clock when we started our day setting up camp as we all arrived. Each scout set up a tent with their fathers help and moved their gear in. After the scouts helped with setting up the rest of the packs gear there was some freetime before we set out on what would be a four mile hike.
  
Anthony S. (Eagle Scout now Explorer) had an out post set up as part of a requirement for the explorers, on the other side of the park about a two plus mile hike out of lookout Ridge.
  
So we began our hike on the Columbine trail head right from camp. Wild flowers were in bloom so we made a point of Identifying which flowers were which along the way. The weather was perfect for hiking nice and cool. There were some good views of the lake along the hike. After an hour and a half we made it to Anthony's outpost. There Anthony went over knots and methods of there use along with how to build an emergency shelter. After our snack we headed out on foot on our last leg of the hike this time on the roadway in single file for the last mile and change.
  
Back at camp Jay and I went over fire building then the scouts cooked up dinner. The menu was hot dogs your choice of roasting over the fire or boiling and what I call masons macaroni and cheese with juice yummy after walking all day. After enjoying the campfire a bit the scouts put together a pumpkin pie dutch oven style. Wile the adults warmed up by the fire for fellowship the scouts had several games of hide and go seek in the pitch black, I don't know how they do it. After all that we were pretty much spent and all went and sacked out.
  
Morning brought heavy fog and dew which condensed in the trees and and rained on every thing and whatever was left out was soaked. Which included some of the scouts shoes. Luckily Gary was up early and had the morning fire rip roaring to dry some of the shoes out. breakfast included peach cobbler, Four egg omelets, hash brown potato's and all the fresh air one could handle.
  
As usual after every camp comes packing it up! Some parents left early before breakfast and some did not stay the night so it dwindled down to Jay, Gary, myself and Austin. We took our time packing up to leave since we had till noon. I hope everyone had an enjoyable experience and that this will prepare our Webelos two's for the adventures of boy scouting! As always I enjoyed the trip and can't wait till the next. Thanks to our scouts Quentin, Ricardo, Vineet, Rohan and Austin for participation and to our parents and leaders Gary, Jay, Danny, Anthony, Girish, Ritu and Danny's father. Thanks.
  
Allen T.
Cubmaster, Pack 268