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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Me and asst. and three boys camped this weekend. Fri. night was bad weather and it was POURING when we arrived at the site. I had to get out and unlock and open the gate, and got wet even though I had an umbrella in the truck.

There was a respite, so we got our tents up. Built a fire despite wet wood. Drizzled some more. Pants were soaking wet due to the wet tall grass.

Told the boys we were getting up early so we could get pack up and get going on our nine mile hike.

At about 4 or 5am I hear the boys outside their tent milling around. Turns out it was too hot for them to sleep, so they never went to sleep. First time ever they were all packed up before me.

We went on a nine mile hike with all our crap, still wet, some drizzle, neighborhood dogs following us. Most of it on country roads, but we had to some bushwacking at the end.

We were hot and exhausted. With all the rain, the humidity was 100%. Mosquitos "the worst it has ever been" according to the guardian of the land. I believe him, they were bad.

We came home filthy and happy. Campouts from hell are the best kind.

that sounds like a lot of fun sort of... i really haven't been camping since my scouting years and my family didn't do a lot of camping, so i'm excited to do it more often with my own little family. as far as the mosquitos go, my wife attracts them like nobody's business so we have to buy some special 'jungle juice' from REI. i'd like to run for assistant scout master as an excuse to acquire more camping gear and to get more experience. any suggestions on how to win the nomination?