Today was Henry's cubscbout campout night. We camp in Rutland State Park at a campground that is off limits to everyone else. I still do not know how that worked out, but it is awesome. There are plenty of campsites and a nice wooden roofed pavilion... its pretty great. We camped here once before, last year, and I woke at about 2:30 in the morning to hear a pack of coyotes running past our tents howling like there was no tomorrow. Its a really cool place.
This year I was asked to take the cubscouts on a hike to the prison camps. I did it, we did it, but not without casualties. Most of the cubscouts that were present for the hike were tiger scouts. Tiny little guys, and the hike was a little over 2 and half miles there and the same back... a little over a five mile hike. This is plausible, but the little guys tire out pretty quick. I warned everyone before we set out about the length, but they still opted to go. We got to the prisoncamps in about an hour, and then it started raining. It wasn't a downpour, just a couple of light showers, but I could feel everyones' eyes slowling boiling me alive. I think that they thought I was in charge or some such thing. I don't know... I do know that they hated me. I couldn't think of a thing to say back. This is what I was asked to do... I warned them of the length... We all knew that it was probably going to rain.
It was cold too. I was dying by the time we got back to camp. I hadn't taken a jacket... just a t-shirt. Henry loved it of course. He loves the rain. I have to beg him to stay in when it starts raining. Many times I just let him out in it. He played "War against the Germans" with his friend Nicholas the whole way there and back. They fell down sniper style and cleared the way for everyone... cute.... and slightly scary.
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