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Urban Homesteaders and Homeschoolers
Apr. 9, 2006 - What I learned at Brownie Serendipity Camp
- Arrive early -
so you'll have plenty of time before dark to lace up the sides of your
tent with bailing twine, because whoever pitched this tent didn't see
four corners flapping in the breeze as an insect control problem.
- Always carry a pocketknife - It's easier on your teeth for cutting bailing twine.
- Wear a fine mesh mosquito-guard shirt with hood - Even
if you look like an alien, everyone will want one before the end of
camp. In fact, bring a caseload of them to sell, and make sure to
buy stock in the company that manufactures them and bug spray.
- Always bring a lantern and a powerful flashlight - The
wind-up LED one that I had just wasn't bright enough, though my
daughter's shake LED one was. Go figure. But, at least we didn't have
to worry about low batteries--just the tree roots that jumped out of
nowhere on the paths.
- Learn how to make 101 hand-shadow animals on the tent wall using a flashlight. This entertained the girls endlessly.
- Remember every silly song, joke and story from your childhood. These had the girls in stitches, and now you know how these silly things get perpetuated.
- Always leave things a little better than you found them. - I used this argument when someone chided another lady and myself for putting on a little lipstick while at camp.
- Bring non-perishable food to keep in the car - This
will come in handy when the active little girls are still hungry after
a filling lunch of a hotdog, carrots, celery, and goldfish. Someone
must have mistakenly requisitioned starvation rations!
- Wear a fanny pack - To
keep all the treasures that the girls make and find, plus a camera,
water bottle, the kitchen sink, etc., etc. In fact, bring a pack mule
to make setting up and breaking camp easier on yourself
altogether.
- Break camp early and load all the girl's gear into the car - That
way when there's a tornado warning and torrential thunderstorms when
it's time to leave, you'll be ready. Not to mention that, if you don't
have the little scouts tote their belongings along the trail to the car
while they're fresh and well-rested, then you'll be making five trips
that afternoon--rain or shine--toting all their gear by your tired ole
self.
- Ally yourself with an experienced GS Leader who
will ensure that you don't make any of the 101 disastrous mistakes that
you probably would have if you were on your own. Thanks to her and
another mom and the Brownies with the Good Attitudes, not to mention
all the GS staff and volunteers, Brownie Serendipity Camp was a
blast--sand gnats or no!
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