CampJJ

I think our CampJJ outing last Saturday was quite fun.

We had to endure fairly cold weather (-16degC , -25 with the wind) but we were somewhat sheltered by the trees.

We collected maple staffs for each cub so they can make and decorate walking sticks. These should last a lifetime and are useful on hikes. We will also decorate them for the Rumble in the Jungle camp in June (more info to come on that).

Lunch is always fun to cook over a camp fire and the kids can be quite resourceful. Here are some examples : boil in the bag, hamburger, pizza, etc...

I'm proud to say that I made myself a homemade pizza pocket (very big pocket). My son wanted some bannock to wrap around a wiener (bannogo ... bannock+pogo). I took the extra dough and rolled it flat. I then added some pizza sauce, pepperoni, hot peppers, olives and cheese. I wrapped the lot up nicely. I sprayed foil with Pam and wrapped the pocket in it. I cooked it for about 10 minutes per side on the fire. I took it out of the foil and cooked it for about another minute on each side. Mmmm pizza pocket. :o)

I know some of you are saying: "What the hell is boil in the bag" ? Well I don't feel like explaining it here but Google it and you should find tons of info. This is making me think that maybe we (Rockland pack or other groups) should share our knowledge and skills. I think when I have some time and umph I'll add a "resource" section to our website where we can show or talk about interesting and especially educative stuff. We could add a cooking section, crafts, etc...

Anyways, I'm digressing now.

We sent the kids off on a scavenger hunt. They had to find among other things: rabbit poop and deer tracks. I think they had fun. :o)

Turned out to be a great day.
YIS
Shere Khan