PHHH #1076.9

Date: Sunday, January 15, 2006

Weather: Chilly Bright

Place: Holy Family College-Newtown PA campus

Time: 45 minutes

Hare: Hey YO! Paully

Hounds: Hand Solo, Wacko, Ouipee, Bjorn Dork, Delicate Psyche, Silent Knight, Charles Snelling
Virgin: David Potere

Boys Life Freeze Out

We got to the start and it was real windy and cold even though the sun was shining.  The pack 
master, Mr. Mlodzinski, wasn't there.  We couldn't find any marks in the snow or on the building 
for a long time, and some kids wanted to go home. But Bjorn found a mark and Weapea knew Mr. 
Mlodzinski was going to take us northwest to his sister's house, so then we found lots of marks 
and it was pretty easy.

The Pack Challenge came at a stream that looked really deep and cold.

The new scout, David, swung over on a branch. We couldn't believe it.

Then Wacko, one of the older scouts, showed us how to build a bridge out of branches, and nobody 
got too wet.

We ran on pavement and it got boring. Then we sent Silent Knight down hill from a check, and he 
found marks. We went in the woods on a really muddy path until we found a false.  Just then we saw 
Mr. M across the creek. We had to go all the way back to the road to get to the other side. But 
that was okay because Mr. Mlodzinski brought a thermos of pea stew and leftover poppyseed bread 
and old deer sausage that Mr. Harr is going to show us how to make.  We were really happy when the 
pack master said it was another 4 and a half miles to his sister's house but he was stopping here 
even if we all stood in icy mud. We couldn't believe it because Mr. Mlodzinski always sets the 
hardest trails to find or finish.  

So we ate crackers, chips, cookies and had drinks from bottles with ice and snow on their labels. 
We sang a song to David, who was pretty funny for a new kid, and Delicate said he'd set next week 
after a big test on Wednesday. Charles nearly got a dirty name but it didn't stick.  Then Mr. Solo 
showed up and said he'd set the week after that, and Silent K said he'd set the G hash. Some of 
the younger scouts said they had fun because there weren't any girls, but the older scouts told 
them they'd change their minds one day.

Wepee
Pack Secretary