[philmont] Bear Bags

We made individual crew smellable bags from an old (and unlamented)
cheap tent. Each is about 6 x 6", has the scout's name on it, and a
drawstring made of a shoelace. contains small personal first aid kit
(well, ziploc), a couple of water purification (micro pur) tablets, and
any smellables like chapstick the scout may have. More lightweight and
cheaper than John's dry bags and a ziplock inside keeps anything that
needs to be dry in that condition. They can go in the oops bag if they
contain things like meds (we have one diabetic scout who carries a tube
of frosting for low glucose emergency treatment).

Denise Vowell
Crew 574

>>. Anothern trick is to let each crew member use a small (gallon sixe)
nylon dry bag (costs about $10.00) to put all their bear bag stuff in
and it's easy to ID if they put their name on it, whose bag is whose
instead of looking at clear zip lock bags.  PLus they are a lot tougher
and a lot more waterproof than ziplocs.   John
 LeBlanc <<

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Received on Thu Aug 23 19:16:21 2007