Sleeping Bag and Pad

[5thGenTexan]

29 minutes ago, desertrat77 said:

Last year I finally humbled myself and bought an inflatable sleeping pad.   (Ego, I can sleep on the ground, my 35 year old foam pad still works just fine, etc...not so much any more!).  All that to say I a remarkably similar experience to the one you described.   

When I was 12 as a Scout I had one of those egg crate pads on a wooden pallet, (we could see the shiny spider eyes through the boards under us).  I will be 46 this year and I can't sleep like that anymore.

[5thGenTexan]

7 hours ago, TAHAWK said:

Find a competent IOLS course in your part of the World and take it.

I took BALOO/IOLS last year and it was kind of a waste of time.  I probably should do it again when the world returns

[desertrat77]

18 minutes ago, 5thGenTexan said:

When I was 12 as a Scout I had one of those egg crate pads on a wooden pallet, (we could see the shiny spider eyes through the boards under us).  I will be 46 this year and I can't sleep like that anymore.

I'm at that point myself. 

The shiny night time spider eyes...memories of summer camp in OK....

[Eagledad]

2 hours ago, TAHAWK said:

Can we supply handouts?

Is that in the ILOS syllabus? 
 

Barry
 

 

[Double Eagle]

Also a fun thing to watch newbies blow up any air mattress and place it on the cold ground.  As it deflates with cooling temps, they always think it has a leak.  This was most fun when the scouts camped on an indoor ice rink.  You should have seen the adults mad at the sinking feeling.