Troop 42: Wet and missing tents (Re-sent from last week)

Due to the frost (at our recent campout), we had to send the tents home to be thoroughly dried before putting them away for the next campout. If you are drying a tent for the first time there are several ways to dry the tents.

1. If the sun is out, spread out the tent in the sun on the deck or DRY grass. Turn it over to dry both sides. Setting up the tent in the sun will dry it out faster.

2. If it is still raining (or snow is on the ground) HANG the tent in the garage or basement.

The tents should be completely dry before packing to ensure no mildew forms. Once the tent is dry and packed, bring it to the next Scout meeting and see that it is returned to the garage.

NOTE: There are at least 3 or 4 tents missing. IF YOU STILL HAVE A TENT FROM A PRIOR CAMPOUT PLEASE RETURN IT.

We need to and will do a better job of tracking who is taking home tents not only so we know who has them but so this task is distributed evenly among the scouts.

Don Dyer

Please note my new email address: dyerdon@att.net