Ok Survivors!!! Today's Pro-Tip is doing DOUBLE DUTY! I was holding off this week posting a Pro-Tip in case we needed to give out the following information!
The first part is the Announcement that the Scouts are OFFICIALLY turning off the water to the lower camp due to a week of freezing temperatures every evening.
What that means to us is All the buildings in the lower camp will have no water. That means the big shower house, The kitchen, The Med Cabin and the bathrooms behind the kitchen will be without water.
The lodge at the top of the hill will still have water turned on to it. So the showers will be available there. We will also be filling the water jugs up there as well and making sure they are around the camp like normal
For the kitchen we will be bringing 5 gallon jugs of water down to fill up pots to heat on the stove for doing dishes. So prepare yourself for Curtis To be driving his truck down to the kitchen as needed to make sure water is full and we are able to clean! I apologize up front if it breaks immersion, But you can just call me the Local Diesel Jock making deliveries in his ride!
This brings us to the Second part of Today’s Pro-Tip! Suggestions on how to make things easier this weekend with less water available to us!
We are offering caps for anyone who brings their own water storage containers. You are going to need your own water source. So bring large bottles of water for your use in your camp. IF you are bringing your own cooking equipment. Include enough water to do your own dishes.
Prepare to use disposable items. Plates, Cups, Silverware and cooking dishes. Anything we do not have to clean after the Thangivemas feast will make life easier.
Cook your food before you come! If you are bringing a dish for the feast. Have it already made and ready to just heat up. It will help with prep and clean up!
Planning ahead is the key to making the weekend easier as we work around the water shut down.
The following is some helpful Tips to deal with personal hygiene issues during the game.
Wet Wipes are your friends! Have plenty of them on you to keep yourself clean!
There are several Latrines around the camp. So make sure you put some toilet paper in your supply bag in case the one you use doesn’t have any! The only flushing toilets will be up in the lodge. So rustic is the name of the game this weekend! The wet wipes can help make sure it's clean enough to use!
And Finally it's going to be a cold game so here is a few tips to make sure you are warm!
Change your socks a lot! Running around makes your feet sweat. Your socks get wet. The cold will make anything you are wearing that is wet get colder faster. Keeping your core temperature up all the time will help ward off the cold! So if you get overly warm running around. Change your socks and your base layer of clothes!
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Keep drinking.
Layers are your friend.
Eat more snacks. Cold saps the body of energy. Fuel the machine!
The weekend will be starting with a couple more challenges than we usually have but as always we can come together and have a great game!
Till Next weekend Survivors!
See you in the Waste!!