Re: [Philmont]: Three quick questions

Boy, sure wish I'd seen this post before we cut out the Tyvek ground sheets
last night. All six of them are a perfect 5'6" x 7'6". Sure don't want
them to shrink. Maybe we won't wash them.

Still not sure on the camp shoes. Two schools of thought on this one... 1)
bring cheap shoes/mocs for camp, or 2) wear sneakers in camp for comfort and
as a back-up in the event of boot failure. Gotta think about it a bit more.

For what it's worth, my son and I bought Teva Aqua Socks. They're still in
the box and I have the receipt so I could exchange them if necessary.

Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net
ICWTGTP in 5 days!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mac" <oldbatteryman725@comcast.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Three quick questions

> On the camp shoes, I use $6.00 house shoes ( leather moccasin type) from
> Dollar General store. They can be branded and hold up ok in camp. No
good
> any where else.
>
> On the Tyvek, wash with out soap. Use warm water, I tried cold and it did
> not work. When cutting out the pattern, cut it a bit larger than the size
> needed. The first one I made this weekend was for a 2 man tent. After
> washing it, its was used for a 1 man tent foot print. What I found is
when
> its washed, you will find that you have a million small wrinkles in it
now.
> It will relax some, not much. This is what eats up the room you had
before
> you washed it.
> The extra around what you have cut out for the "good side" can be made
into
> small bags. They are waterproof except for the whole in the top, this
will
> depend on how you close the top, draw string, fold, Velcro or how ever.
>
> On the Butt Paste, I think it would be in the name, haven't seen many 14
to
> 18 year olds wanting to use Diaper rash creams. Just remember its a
> extremely smellable item.
>
> Steve MacIntyre
> Philmont Advisor, 02, 03, 05, 07
> Troop 777, Hermitage, TN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Swiggum" <peter.swiggum@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:36
> Subject: [Philmont]: Three quick questions
>
>
> Philmonters....
>
> 1. Re-visiting the topic of camp shoes. Would "water socks" make good
camp
> shoes? They're certainly lightweight and pack small. I'm wondering about
> wearing them around camp for several hours and how one's feet would be at
> the end of the day.
>
> 2. Tyvek ground sheets. Someone mentioned washing the sheets in a
clothes
> washing machine to soften them and make them less likely to "rattle" in
the
> wind. In washing them, should I add soap or just use water by itself?
>
> 3. Someone on this list server (I think) listed four items that were of
the
> utmost importance to keep in the first aid kit. Butt Paste was one of
them,
> along with moleskin and a couple other items. I lost the post someplace.
> Our first aid kit is fully stocked. I'm not concerned about it, but this
> particular post listed a couple items that came highly recommended (Butt
> Paste, in particular) so I wanted to look into them (so to speak). Would
> the author please re-post that information? Thanks!
>
> Leaving for Philmont trip #1 in five days!
>
> Pete Swiggum
> Troop 1173
> Green Bay, WI
> Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net
> ICWTGTP in 5 Days!
>
>
>
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