After a great deal of planning, shopping, and other preparing, my friends and I on our ward's Activities committee managed to pull off a nicely organized campout for between 70-100 people. There were few injuries (mostly cooking-related), everyone had plenty to eat, and in spite of an unauthorized map that caused more than a few to get seriously lost, I think we all had a good time. We had a really fun group and the campsite was beautiful. I hadn't been camping in about 5 years, and I forgot how much I enjoy it!
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| Since I volunteered to organize the last carpool group, the committee had me store all the fruit (comprising two watermelons, four cantalopes, and four large cartons of strawberries), four gallons of milk, and two cartons of eggs for the breakfast, plus a crock pot full of sloppy joes (which I made the night before). I was grateful it all fit in my fridge. Carting it up and down the stairs to my third-floor condo was a pain, though! |
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| This is what my refrigerator looked like when I removed the camp food. Guess it's time to go shopping again... |
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| A tent (and sleeping bag and pad) loaned to me by my dear, scouting legend father. |
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| My tentmates, who graciously insisted on putting up said tent while I helped prepare dinner and put up signs to identify the campsite. They did a great job and were lovely, kind, quiet companions :-) |
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| One happy surprise was the realization that I know quite a few people, and better yet, I like many of them, too! |
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| The campfire chatter is always my favorite part of camping. |
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| Cynthia and I showing off the healthy fire... what in the world? Where's the fire?! Okay, we're just looking silly, then. |
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| Miss Megan by firelight |
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| The only time I tried to roast a marshmallow. The fire was so hot, and the marshmallow so thick that although I burned the outside (as per usual), the inside wasn't even warm. Ah well... the s'more still tasted yummy! |
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| Breakfast in the morning, next to the wonderfully welcome fire. It was a chilly, chilly morning!!! |
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| Doesn't this look ideal? I didn't mind sacrificing a few creature comforts to sleep in such an idyllic spot! |
My friends and I were pretty stressed trying to put the whole thing together. We are grateful that it is over and that it was a success. Now we don't need to worry about planning another for at least 9 more months. Yay!
On to the next activity... whatever that is...
2 comments:
Great job on coordinating the campout, sis! Looks like a good group, and that Cynthia looks like a fun friend :)
Thanks, Aaron. She is! I love being on the committee with her!
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