Camping turned into a disaster

[1pLUs44]

You said you had a bathroom across the street, electric power to your tent, a cell phone, and DVD player, and an XBOX      THAT IS NOT CAMPING!!!  

Camping is when you leave all that crap behind, carry just what you need on your back, get as far from civilization as possible, and (re)connect with nature.

QFT!

And F22, I been there before dude. When I was in Boy Scouts, every time we went on a camping trip around November or March, we always got rained out. I remember one year, we were at this place called Lost Pines in Bastrop, and our campground was about a half mile away from the main building and next thing we know, rain, thunder, and hail start coming down and we had to walk all the way over there. 

I remember too, about 30 minutes later, they told us we could come back and then not right when we got there, it came down again and kept it up till morning. I've never slept so good on a wooden table before or since then. 

[saggs]

COPE?!  I was a COPE Director for three years before I turned into a volunteer (still working on the course, inspections and improvements, etc).  I loved the ropes course.

I was a COPE director for 1 summer before I jumped to High Adventure.  I much preferred being out of camp.  Ropes course are a blast though, I helped put in a new zip line (about 400 ft) at a camp a couple years ago.  Took us 3 attempts to come up with a brake system that could handle more then 2 runs.    Guy kept wanting to use wood brake blocks, (which kept cracking) finally I convinced him to go get some HDPE plastic ones cut.

[saggs]

I'm seriously jealous of your time in the Yellowstone and Wind River areas.  I've been to both areas several times, but could never stay for long.  I did a lot of camping, hunting and fishing while in college in the Missoula, MT area, and most years I get out to do some elk, mule deer or antelope hunting/camping in CO or WY (Bighorns).  Unfortunately, after college I came back to WI to get married and drag my wife back out west.  She's been dragging her feet for almost 18 years though.  Now that she's willing to head out there In stuck in my job with the kids in middle and high school, and in no shape financially to get the heck outta here...

I LOVE the Wind Rivers.   

They haven't gotten so popular yet (like the Tetons) that they aren't very crowded.  And the high country (which you have to hike a day or two to really get to) is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.

[flight17]

didnt read through, but from the first post, sounds like it might have been a microburst.

[5anders]

I never went to Philmont, but I did go to Seabase and spent a week on a sail boat in the keys that was a blast.  I did do a COPE course at a local camp called Boxwell here in Tennessee.  Never did get Eagle sadly, only made it to life, and ran out of time.