Scout skills training
Lake McMurtry, OK, February '00

Memorable moments:

• Arriving at the gate after dark Friday night and finding out that the access road down the hill was muddy enough to stick Mr. Whitacre's truck at the bottom.  Everything had to be pulled down by a farm tractor pulling a flatbed trailer.  Thanks for coming to our rescue, Mr. Rose.

• Waking up Saturday morning and realizing just how much work Mr. Rose had done the week before carving campsites out of the tall grass to create a beautiful camping area.

• "What do you mean the Venture Patrol ate all three of the Dud's cobblers?  The Duds hadn't had any yet!" (And they didn't get any, either.)

• Going to bed Saturday night as it got colder.  Waking up in the middle of the night because it was so cold. Not getting warm again.  Getting up Sunday morning to a frost-covered fantasyland (camping right next to a lake when the temperature drops to 17 is a sure way to grow LOTS of frost on everything).