February 13-14, 2020
The boys switched things up this time. The boys wanted a bigger reach and thought if the congregation was invited, and they could invite their neighbours, we'd be able to make a lot more sandwiches. The plan worked. We delivered around 120 sandwich loaves, which the ladies dropped off to the Calgary Drop-in Centre the next day.
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Josh, Jack, Ephraim, Michael, Hudson, Ashton, Bowen, - Young men |
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Karl, Jade, Bishop - Leaders |
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Sofia, Ethan - Grandkids |
Another one of those camp with "No dogs allowed". I'll be
thinking of you. P.S. Save a couple patties for me. |
18 years ago at the same place we were trying out Alpine Touring skiing. |  |
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| Thursday was a mild winter day, complements of a Chinook that had come in. | 
Some weird floating mountain ranges as we start to come out of the cloud. |
Almost passed the edge of the arch and you see some inverted dish shapes
with ridges. They might just beam us up!!! |
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So Picturesque, eh! |
Nice big living-room with wrap-round picture windows. Have to get this
central fireplace going. It involve fire and we're scouts! |
Nice of them to provide 2 cargo toboggans. It's almost like valet service |
That low friction, you hardly notice there's any weight. |
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That sure seems like a lot of cargo for us just needing to bring a tooth
brush and a bathing suit. |
First winter camp where the quinzees were already made for you. |
Of course it could use some renovations dear. Extra room in the back,
right. I'll get on it. |
Is this where we sleep? Its like the opposite of a s'more. Marshmallow
on top and bottom, cookie part in the middle. |
Jack, one of our first timers for a winter camp, is sporting the best in
outdoor gear. No snow going to stick on me! But I could get buried if all
this snow slid off. |
Whoa, I thinks its moving! |
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| Our first meal. Michael has Hudson, Ephraim and himself on cooking. It's taco's in a bag. |
Hudson, another one of our first timers to a winter camp, seems quite a
natural in the kitchen. |
He's into high gear now and still smiling. He knows its all about
attitude. |
Chopping it fine, with the biggest knife you can find. |
Did you know frozen patties are cheaper than ground hamburger? Bit more
work breaking these babies up for the taco filling, but you got to make
sacrifices on a budget. |
Anyone want to try Tang crystals in their milk? |
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| Dinner cleanup crew is Bowen, Josh, and Jake. | 
Tough breaking up the outdoor fun to do dishes. Waters been heating on the
stove and now ready. |
What's that? Well that's what came out of the sink drain. Turns out the
leaders didn't suggest it wasn't a good idea to drain the patty grease
into sink. They were just trying to make it more palatable for our
meal. |
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| After an immense struggle we made it what looks like a pretty good tobogganing hill. Snow shoes would have made that part way easier. | 
Now we see the difference between cotton and fuzzy cloths in the snow and
those smooth nylon types. |
Trying to carve a new path. Video. |
The view when you poke your head out of the snow at the bottom. |
Still trying to carve out that new path. Need to work out the seating
first though. Video. |
The snow plow... Video. |
How can I jump in and not just get run over? |
They other guys pull you on, or not? Video. |
Carnage at the bottom. |
Jake putting in all he's got to get up the hill. Legs keeps dropping
deeper in the snow. |
G-T Snowracer run starts to be backwards... Video. |
The pit crew give it all they got and down he goes... Classic finish.
Video. |
Trying out a fresher run. Hard to tell the dips unless someone's gone
before |
Josh is spent. Michael tries to reach out and pull him up. Video. |
Jakes Torpedo run. Video. |
Jack slogging it back up. |
A guy might think this is easy... |
Then you sink and do a face-plant |
Then you luck out on some previously packed foot prints |
And then they give way... |
And then you're snowblind! |
Josh riding a Snow Whale. They're rare. |
I thinks its getting ready to dive under this fence... |
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| Dinner time - Intro cooking with basic burgers | 
It's much easier frying a patty than breaking it up for ground beef. |
Sausages, hamburgers, cheese and veggies on a bun. That's a complete
balance meal right! |
Just need more food. These crazy outdoor activities just make you ravenous. |
| Time to get the Sauna ready... | 
So the snow's suppose to sizzle when it hits the stove. |
Yah, just land it right where the chimney come up. Sssssss, that's
the sound. |
Need more steam... |
More, faster... |
Not quite ready for the bathing suits. |
So higher up is warmer right! |
And wrap up the night with some really late night games... 2:00 am, 3:00
am? |
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morning and the peeps are all still sleeping. Except Ashton who passed out with the a bunch of straggles and took on feeding the fire all night. It was a toasty warm living room that morning.. |
Assessing breakfast options... Maybe Cherry Turnovers. |
I think moths do this when they go from caterpillar to pupa. |
Dang, Can opener just fell apart. Good thing a scout is prepared and knows
how to fix stuff. |
Squeeze that clippy thing in here and ... |
Presto, a re-working can opener. Breakfast progression can resume. |
Covering some of the finer points of puff pastry baking with the new guys. |
After a light egg wash you sprinkle on the coarse sugar crystals... |
We're experimenting with these larger format dough sheets. |
While the gaming resumes in the living room the early birds from the
kitchen break into the first batch of crispy puff. |
OK, seems size matters. At least in primitive gas ovens. Maybe
putting them on a separate sheet and keeping them in longer. |
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| Snowshoeing is the order of the day. At least its easier to get to the slops. As opposed to wading through waist deep snow. | 
Older boys helping the younger. Such examples... |
Certain materials really act as snow magnets. |
Makes for stiff frozen pant legs too. |
This drink didn't cause a brain freeze. It caused a mind freeze. |
The real breakfast crew kicks in... |
Some strong arm pot scrubbing and cleaning... |
While the kids play. Just like home. |
Bishop is liking the 2 main dishes here, Bacon and Eggs, and done to
perfection and the senior kitchen staff. |
Building a breakfast burrito here. |
Excellent breakfast. New day plans start to be worked out. |
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| It's like 12:30 and checkout time is like 10:00. Sure nice these guys are flexible. | 
Hauling the bags with their tooth brush to the vans. |
Ever try peeing and not take off your snowshoes? |
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