Wow. That was some experience. It tested my skills, patience, culinary talents and physical strength.

Few things I've learned this weekend:
- there is no amount of headache medicine I could have taken so it would be enough (for the girls)
- no matter how many times I explained about keeping your stuff dry and double bagging your packs most of the people still got their personal belongings wet
-flashlights are cases for holding dead batteries
-camp mats are not essential piece of equipment if you have a top of the line sleeping bag
-good food will change miserable into jolly
-never ever use girls’ sunscreen lotion. For some reason my good old fashion SPF45 that had consistency of sour cream and costs $3 a bottle works 10 times better than SPF60 from major designer for $20 a bottle. But it is fun applying either one.
-3 rolls of toilet paper was a comfortable amount plus 2 rolls of paper towels.
-2 branches is enough fire wood for all night
-Flirt will get you much further with the rangers than a solid case. How come I never got a ride in their motor boat?
-Bottled water was used for everything from washing, to rinsing, to cleaning, drinking and squirting… That’s a lot of water. For some reason everyone assumed we have bottomless supply of water.


Few survival things that I've learned:
- Air Force fire starter from CountyComm works like a charm. I let the fire die out 4 times and used different methods of starting it.
-Since I gave my sleeping bag and warm clothes to the girls I needed to keep me self warm at night. I've constructed a sleeping bag from rain fly and fleece liner. It was perfect.
-Food wise I experimented with new stuff that usually don't gets cook over the camp fire but made some potato chips with onion and pepper side and some good home fries for bfast.
-Even I got surprised when one of the girls took out a nice custom folder but she couldn’t fold it back in.

Well everyone had a time of their life. It was fun and after few safety rules everything went smooth. It was a nice trip and everyone wants to do it again next week. Well I don’t think I’m ready for it yet. I was pulling triple shifts with cooking and keeping everything organized.