February 12, 2000
| Arrived last night in pouring rain.
Temperature was about 45 degrees and miserable. Got the tents up and went to
bed mostly dry. This morning, the Scoutmaster fixed a breakfast of eggs, hash
browns, sausage, cheese and biscuits. |
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I didn't think I was hungry but there were no
leftovers. Half of us left early for an 11 mile Hiking Merit Badge trek.
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other half are doing their 5 mile Second Class hike and will meet up with us on the trail. |
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Other than walking, resting was our favorite activity along the trail.
Sometimes you just have to stretch out and take a load off your feet.
These
Scouts certainly knew how to do it. Don't suppose they're at home in the outdoors? |
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| Here we are about half way around the 11.5 mile loop
trail. Everything seemed to be a long walk away. At least the
sign was good for sitting! We were scheduled to link up with the
younger scouts on their 5 mile hike and have lunch. Believe it or not, we arrived
within 10 minutes of each other. Although it sounds like good planning, there was a
lot of luck to go with it. |
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We encountered a lot of wildlife on the trail. The
picture on the left is a Wood Badge Owl. It was very good
about posing for pictures. On the right are some trees that have
been gnawed on either by beavers or hungry Scouts. We hoped it was
beavers. |
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| We stopped for another rest by the edge of one of the lakes
at Montgomery Bell State Park. It was very peaceful and quiet.
We just sat and appreciated it for a while. |
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When we were nearly at the end of the trail, we
found a beautifully kept cemetery and a road. We stopped for a while and
checked the maps just to be sure we were still where we were supposed to
be. What do you know, we were really almost finished. |
| HOME AT LAST!!! Talk about hungry, the
Scouts ate every scrap of food that we brought with us for supper,
claiming all the time that they weren't very hungry. It was into the
sleeping bags early that night for a long sleep. The next morning
when we woke up, it was raining again. Oh well. Time to leave and start
planning the next trip. Maybe with a little less rain? |
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