No food in YOUR tent!

I was doing a bit of reminiscing and thought about my son's first year at summer camp.

Two things happened that I want to remember.  God willing, he will continue along the trail to become an Eagle and these stories will be invaluable then. 

The morning of parent's night, my son called me.  I don't remember what he needed now, but he wanted me to bring something that he wanted from home.  It should be pointed out here that our troop has a strict "no electronics" policy on camp outs.  I assumed that my son was using one of the adult's phones at the time of this call.  When I arrived on site, the first person I saw was the scoutmaster. I said hello and then mentioned that my son had called and needed this or that.  Mr. G looked quite surprised, but having this information was about all he needed.  He later asked my son how he called home and my son, not thinking about implicating someone, just honestly answered that he used T's phone.  Mr. G found this boy and had him text other scouts.  A whole bunch of phones were confiscated that night.  The moral is, if you are going to bring your phone to camp, chances are you will get caught. ;)


My son became slightly addicted to Slurpies while at that camp.  The first real time away from home with some spending money and he was spending it on Slurpies!  On family night, he asked for a Slurpie and we headed down to the trading post to get one.  We headed back to the campsite and after a bit of relaxation, it was time to head to closing ceremonies.  My son took his slurpie and set it inside of the tent.  His scoutmaster gently reminded him that "food shouldn't be put in your tent because it will attract animals." My son happily replied, "OK! I know! That's N's tent!"
(My son is a little TOO literal)