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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Wilderness Survival Campout

As part of the Wilderness Survival merit badge, the boys had to build shelters and spend one night in them.  Let's see how they did.
Three of the boys (Cedric, Riggs, and Spencer) decided to build there shelter together.
Sure seems like there's an awful lot of light coming through their roof.  Thank goodness for their sake that it didn't rain!
 The other two boys (Josh and Isaac) built a shelter that appeared like it would be a little more effective at protecting them from the elements.
 As you can see from the picture above, we have a couple of happy guys who stayed warm and slept comfortably.  Nice job guys!
This is a picture of Brother Ray's shelter.  He said that he slept comfortably.

If you're looking for a picture of the other two leader's shelters, just imagine something that looked like a tent with a couple of propane heaters in it.  If you can imagine something like that, then you're pretty close to visualizing what their shelter looked like.
Bacon cheese quesadilla's were on the menu for breakfast. 
A couple of tuckered out young men on the ride home.

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