Camping at Poinsett State Park - April 17-19, 2009

Our April camping trip was at Poinsett State Park. I wasn't sick this time. One of my boy scout friends named Thomas turned 13 on April 17th, 2009. I shared a tent with Michael. After we set up our tents, I watched my dad play a classical guitar, it was mine. I took a picture of him. We had a campfire going. I stayed up till 11:00 PM. They had a meeting, I thought they were going to play Reveille on either Saturday or Sunday, but they didn't. Before that, we had cupcake and a bit of milk.

The next day, we got up around 7 or 7:30 AM. We had eggs and french toast, but the eggs were cold. We had peanut butter syrup for our french toast. They started to get a bit cold too. It was around 50 degrees at night and around 50 or 60 in the morning. But then, it started to get warm, about 70 or 80 degrees in the day time. The newer boy scouts had raised a flag and Thomas led The Pledge of Allegiance. Then Devon taught us how to use an ax, and Josh taught how to start a fire without matches.

Present on the camp out was me, Thomas, Brandon, one of the new scouts, Michael, Josh Cady, Billy, and Devon. Danny and Kevin didn't come to this one. The leaders came too, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Randall, Ms. Suzanne, Ms. Sarah, my dad, and Mr. Terry. One of the new scouts was sick, and Brandon had a sore throat from the cold while he was on the camp out. Then we went on another hike, because, me, Thomas, Michael, and Brandon went on the 1st hike. The 2nd hike was a 5 mile hike. We were hiking along the path, on the mountain top and around a circle, we took lots of rests. We saw giant tadpoles, and a guy was catching a fish. When we got back to the campsite, the rest of the scouts were cooking burritos for supper. We had them at 5:30 PM. Later that evening, we were playing a game called capture the flag and tagging. Some of the evening, we played the Viking Sword game. This time, I went to bed at 10:00 PM, because I was tired. Before that, my dad left, and I did fine on my own. I had cake for dessert before that, for Thomas' 13th birthday. Then, we got the Totin' chip card, and our fire safety card.

The next morning, I had a bit of my omelet, but I didn't like it much, and toast with strawberry jelly, and a bit of milk. Josh Cady didn't like his omelet either, because, it wasn't cooked all the way done and it had a bit of dirt in it. We had a short church service. We even got to say the Lord's prayer. Then we packed up and cleaned the dishes. Then we got a ride back home at 10:30 AM, but we didn't return till 12 PM, my dad returned at 12:30 PM. Then we said good-bye and went back home.