At this year's Polar Bear the boys found a buddy to make a snow shelter with and started their mound of snow (snow shelter). The heights of our snow shelters ranged from 6' to 7' tall. When our mounds were the correct length and height we waited for the mounds to settle. We waited by eating a hearty lunch, and warming up by the fire. When the mounds settled we began to hollow out the interior. We first sized a door so we could crawl in and then dug until we were 1' away from digging out through the other end. Second we started to make the ceiling go up till 1' from the outside and our walls go out till 1' from the outside. Then we put our sleeping bags inside and we were free to go goof off.
The two big highlights of the Polar Bear were spoons and destroying our shelters. You may be thinking how do spoons have anything to do with the Polar Bear. Well I'll tell you it doesn't, but half of the boys and leaders forgot their spoons. Then my friend had a crazy idea to take pine wood and cut 1'' pieces of it, and in the end almost everyone who forgot a spoon was using my friend's idea. But destroying the shelters was the best, everyone was jumping through their shelter's roof, and running into the walls until they colapsed. I have to say it was pretty fun.
We had a great time. Reminder our next outing is Eagle Cave on Febuary 12-14. See you there!
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