Wolves,coyotes and Scouts oh my!

[Doubletime]

Just a couple of laughs from this weekends Boy Scout camp out, weather was 55 deg daytime with the wind pushing 30mph and it subsided to 10-15 overnight. I introduced some members of our troop to the hammock as this was all foreign to them. I brought my XLC/Superfly, incubator 20 and a WM Kodiak for top insulation.

The wolves serenaded us for one half hour starting at 3:15 am and the coyotes made their presence known as well at 6:45 am. For those that have not heard wolves howling in the wild there is really no describing it, absolutely beautiful.

When we awoke to 29 deg. at 7:30 am people were wondering how I fared in the hammock as a lot of them got cold in the night, I merely smiled and said "slept like a baby, only to be interrupted by the wolves." Then right back to bed, **** great gear sure does put the icing on the cake.

[2ply]

Sounds like a great trip. While we don't have the wolves we do have coyotes.

[backpacker]

Who caused more trouble the Scouts or the wolves and coyotes? In my experience as a assistant scoutmaster, the Scouts are generally the guilty ones.

[Doubletime]

We worked on the canoeing merit badge, then some other book requirements. We try not to give them much time to get into trouble.....grin

[michigandave]

Never heard wolves, but have heard coyotes many times. A couple weeks ago, at Green Timbers in the Pigeon River State Forest (near Vanderbilt, Michigan), I experienced bugling elks. Kind of creepy sounding, but it was pretty cool hearing them as we sat around the fire along the river.