We've committed to taking the scouts out camping once a month no matter what. So, when a snowstorm rolled in earlier this week I was afraid that we'd be camping in the snow. Well, the good thing about New Mexico is that the snow is allergic to the ground here and quickly leaves with teary itchy eyes.
It was warm. Seriously, it took two hours after the sun went down for us to see our breath. There wasn't any frost on us when we woke up either. Weird. I expected at least a weak attempt from mother nature.
We had hiked up from a nice lake over on the Mimbres. Of course because it was a late start (someone's car backfired at the high school and they locked down the schools in the neighborhood thus making us start our campout an hour and a half later than we inteded.) So with our late start we didn't hike too far before we all agreed that hiking up a running crick in the dark was not a *bright* idea. We camped about a quarter mile from the cars. The local high school students (no doubt celebrating the big fuss at the school) then moved into the lake and played their thumping music until past 1am.
At the end of the day both Bug-O-Rug and I were so wiped out that waking us up from our recovery naps was a life threatening action for the waker.
I can't wait until the next campout.
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Glad to see that you put time in with Scouting. I see being an adult leader as a great way to give back to those that did it when I was a Boy Scout. You need to come to Michigan for your Febraury camping weekend next year, a polar bear camping trip is a good thing. Why not most Boy Scouts come to Philmont. Please link my blog, as I am linking yours to mine (http://avgerageguyinflyovercountry.blogspot.com/).
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