by Kyle

 Well let’s start off by saying that I know this could have been an awesome campout if there had been better weather.  Personally I thought this campout was a disaster.  This was no individual’s fault.  The campout was planned perfectly; it’s just that Mother Nature was not on our side.  Scouts met at Our Lady Fatima and were then driven to central Massachusetts in mid-November.  Once the scouts were dropped off at the start point for the hike a van took all of our gear to the campsite.  Then it started to pour, it was raining cats and dogs.  The hike scouts took part in was about five miles mostly up hill.  After about an hour everyone was soaked along with all of their stuff (my lunch did not survive) and it got very slippery.  At this time a lot of people started to get a little grumpy and that did not help the situation.  The hike seemed to go on forever and moral got low.  Once we arrived at the lean-to (more like a cabin) everyone rushed inside to set up their gear and get dry and in the process got the cabin soaked.  However, once everyone was dry and warm and had their stuff in place things got a lot better.  There was a lot of card playing and carrot throwing going on.  When it got dark people started to cook dinner on the stoves that we kept on the porch of the cabin.  It seemed everyone was in the same food mood when preparing for this campout because most patrols had meals with chicken in them. 

In the morning it was absolutely freezing.  We spent a lot of time cleaning up the cabin and packing up all of our stuff.  Once we were about ready to set off for the five mile hike back to civilization our scout masters surprised us by saying that we were going to skip the hike back.  I almost died of happiness, and I know some others were too based off of what they were doing….We were picked up by the van at the place were we had gotten our stuff to take to the cabin the evening before and then drove back to Our Lady Fatima. 

The hike itself was not too great but I think we would all agree that we had a good time joking around in the cabin.