Today's meeting started with packing our kettle pack. The kettle pack holds everything we need to make camp while on trail. From pots and baking pans to p-cord and tarps, there is no camp without our kettle. After learning how to properly pack the kettle pack to prevent lumps and bulging, the boys did it themselves and were very successful in the process!
To gain some energy for the more physically demanding parts of the day, we created a sizable fire and roasted sausages for lunch, along with some other snacks to fuel us.
Next up, we portaged the same distance as last meeting, but it was evident that strength and resilience was already building in the boys. They portaged faster and more efficiently than before, and it is clear that they will become great portagers by the time we get to Canada.
For the rest of the meeting, we paddled up Little Rock Lake and learned J-Leaning and the teeter-tot game on the canoes, as well as how to rescue a flipped canoe. We did a lot of paddling, and the paddle skills are quickly building up within everyone.