Polar Bears and Floods

The Polar Bear swim came early this morning. The call to get up came around 5:15 am while the actual plunge took place around 6:00 am. As we marched through the breath-taking cold air, the ice hung ominously on the edge of the dock that we were about to make the fateful plunge from.....

Haha...not really, but it was a little chilly. It wasn't too cold walking up to the lake. The coldest part came when our warm bodies hit the chilled water! As challenging as Polar Bear swim sounds, it was went quite well.

Earlier this morning after the Polar Bear swim.

As great as the swim was, greater joy came today in the form of a morning without rain...so far. As can be imagined, the rain has left quite an impact on the campsite. The center of camp looks more like a mud pit than a camp and the water keeps coming. As I mentioned, the rain has stopped, but a spring like fountain has appeared in the upper portion of the camp, which is feeding our newly formed riving flowing directly through the center of camp! Be this a spring or a busted water pipe, we do not know, but what we do know is this, lots of water, dirt, and young feet equal mud!

The river flowing through our campsite!

Here are more photos.

The river flowing around the tents.

Morning troop Assembly.