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January 28th, 2010 | 
Author: The forecast was just for flurries, but it’s been snowing like crazy since I got to work this morning.
Here’s the Union Street webcam on campus for a live peek: Read the rest of this entry »
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I haven’t downloaded the pics from my camera yet, but camp was a roaring success. One of the leaders brought a couple of propane heaters that took the chill off in the cabin nicely and everybody seemed to have appropriate sleeping gear, so no cold kids.
We did have two go home sick Saturday night, though. One with a fever. That’s no fun.
I’m off to camp with the Cubs this weekend, back Sunday. It’s not the first time we’ve headed off to the woods expecting low temperatures and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Unfortunately, the forecast looks especially grim:
Normal high for October in these parts is 13C and low is 3C. That forecast is from Environment Canada, but I think I like the Weather Network’s version better. They’re only calling for -1C Friday night and 0C Saturday. Brrrr.
Ow. I’m forced to admit that I’m not as young as I used to be. After two nights in a tent and a 5km hike on Saturday afternoon, I’m in pain. Ow.
But, we had a good time. It may have rained both nights, but Saturday was beautiful and even with chilly temps on Sunday, we covered everything that we had planned. The boys even packed down their own tents this year, so we were all able to leave at a reasonable hour. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m off playing about in the wilderness for the weekend. Are ya jealous? 
This weekend is year-end camp for the Cubs and the weather looks pretty good. Showers ending today, then sunny for both Saturday and Sunday. We’ve had quite a range of weather over the few years that I’ve been involved and thankfully, it’s warm enough to actually camp (as opposed to sleeping in the mess hall). Even if it pours rain.
Cripes, I’m tired.
But, it’s my own fault. When we planned out the last few months of the Cub year, I volunteered to coordinate a construction project. Naturally, I didn’t get things underway early as I should have.
The boys are building batboxes this week. After much Googling and research, I finally settled on a modified version of a small bat house plan published by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. It’s dead simple to bang together, doesn’t cost a fortune to build and isn’t huge.