The weekend has seemed very short, but it was good. Alex and I went on a Cub Scout campout Saturday down at Salamonie Reservoir. He had been so excited about it for several days, he was worried that he would oversleep and miss it. Like that would happen. I decided that we should have a tent and some sleeping bags if we're going to go camping with the scouts much, so we got new ones during the week (nice tent...much easier to set up than our last one). The pack all met up at the school in the morning, 9 kids, 8 adults. Just before we left we joined up with the Lemps so we all didn't have to drive separately, and we threw all their stuff in the truck and caravaned down. The youth area of the campground is just a clearing with mowed grass around a loop in the road and a pit toilet in the middle, but we had the entire area to ourselves and pitched tents wherever in one of two areas we rented. Hot dogs for lunch, followed by a hike down by the dam, down to a small waterfall and lots of mud. Alex had put on his sandals, which I didn't like at first since it was a hike, but it turned out ok since that meant he had clean, dry shoes to put on when we got back. Several of the boys were pretty much soaked and filthy when we got back. And about that time it started to rain, and didn't stop until around bedtime. It never got more than about drizzle level, and usually just sprinkling, but it was constant. Fortunately it wasn't heavy enough rain to keep the boys from playing outside, which they loved. Exploring (they all found a 'secret hideout' down by the lakeshore...just a little finger of the lake making a small cove. They built a bridge out of sticks, rocks, and logs down there. There was some ball playing, zombie tag of some sort, fishing, making tie-dye t-shirts, running through the woods, getting wet and muddy, etc. Dinner was chili or hot dogs again, but at smore time it was raining hard enough we went under the shelter and roasted the marshmallows over a propane stove. The boys played in the drizzle until about 10, when it finally started to clear up, but everyone was about ready for bed then. Alex and I stayed pretty warm and dry overnight; the sleeping bags were nice. But I forgot how confining they are for grownups. Alex's sneakers were soaked so the next morning he wore his slippers out and about, getting them soaked too. We packed up in the morning and were all gone by about 9:30. We beat the girls home from church.