The Perfect Campsite (Canoists and Kayakers Only!)

May 31, 2013 By Clarke Green

The folks at Paddling Light have published this decision tree for canoeists and kayakers faced with the eternal question; “is this the perfect campsite or should we look for another one?”.

If you have no idea what this is all about you haven’t been in a canoe trying to decide if it’s time to find a campsite, if the one just ahead may be better, or if you should settle for the one you are looking at now, eh?

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Tags: Canoeing

About Clarke Green

Clarke has worked with thousands of Scouts and Scouters as a director at his local Scout Camp (Camp Horseshoe), and as a Scoutmaster for 30 years. He is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his service to Scouting, including the B.S.A.’s Silver Beaver, District Award of Merit, and is a Vigil Honor member of Octoraro Lodge 22. He is author of the blog and podcast at Scoutmastercg.com, The Scouting Journey, and Thoughts on Scouting. An avid outdoorsman and amateur actor, he lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania with his wife Teddi.

Comments

Terry Dutton says

May 31, 2013 at 1:47 pm

Clarke, one of my favorite stories to tell around the campfire is of a campsite selection “incident” in the BWCA. When the question of ‘take this site or move on?’ came up, the scouts chose to move on. We ended up in one of the worst sites I’ve ever camped at in my entire scouting life. It was so bad that, as we wrapped up the day with “thorns, roses, and buds”, another participant shared his thorn: “this campsite”, his rose: “the campsite we should have stayed in”, and his bud: “getting out of this campsite!”