Stosh Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 With being a new troop, we don't have troop tents so the boys brought their own. One big "family" tent that the patrol all stayed in. Noise is not a problem. As a kid we used to have patrol tents, big wall tents that slept 8. We seemed to do very well. When we couldn't bring the big tents, we meadow crashed or used tarps/ponchos for shelter. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwazse Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 ... As a kid we used to have patrol tents' date=' big wall tents that slept 8. We seemed to do very well. When we couldn't bring the big tents, we meadow crashed or used tarps/ponchos for shelter. ...[/quote'] Yeah, the snowball fights eventually settled down. Boys get into whatever routine you permit them. I think our SM liked the big tent for winter camp-outs because it was a good way for the SPL to make sure everyone was okay. If a first-year was feeling miserable, he or a buddy didn't have to trudge through a field of snow to find his PL. We were right there for him. I do remember, as SPL, taking care of a few little-ones in a warm-up shelter the night before a klondike derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yeah, the snowball fights eventually settled down. Boys get into whatever routine you permit them. I have no "rules" for settling down in the evening. They all know that if they are going to get a good night sleep they better get asleep before I do or they will have to put up with my snoring. With a lot of my boys, they are pretty tired and often head to bed at sundown. Getting them to stay awake for a campfire is sometimes a problem. And yes, I have had to wake up my boys around the campfire and suggest they finish up in their sleeping bags. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 On Scouts settling down at night: I always found it amusing that on two-night camping trips, on Friday night (after sitting in school all day), I would hear Scouts talking, joking, etc. deep into the night, and I would fall asleep before most of them did, but on Saturday night, after a day of physical activity (whatever it was on that particular trip), everybody was pretty much out by about 9 p.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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