yeah, Dweste I have the same problem in So-Cal. I feel like we, as scouts can't do some of the "scout-like" things that I want to do. And believe me, If I want to do someething in the troop, it gets done (family friends with the scoutmaster, and one of the Ass. Scoutmasters, and my dad is an Ass. Scoutmaster, ih yeah, i'm ASPL)

Just looking through the book "The Boy Mechanic" published by Popular mechanics, there is a chapter on camping. We can't do very much of the stuff in there at all. Also, when I started working on my wagle scout project, they said "now that you are life you have camped in both good and bad weather"-NO! I have never camped when it was raining.

/soapbox

I think they sell nalgene survival kits, but they all look really really not so nice. I would also like to see some hypothetical lists.

Qusetion: Can I have one of those cups that go on the outside of my nalgene??