I’m not sure when this event happened but I think it was near the time I went from Webelos to Boy Scouts. There was an outing in Peoria and I believe it was at Camp Wokanda. Dad either couldn’t or wouldn’t take me and I somehow ended up going with Tom Colson – a volunteer member of the Marq. Hts. Fire Dept.
I know Dad wasn’t happy about me going with someone else and I can’t remember how Mr. Colson got involved, but I remember him driving us to Peoria in his pickup truck.
The highlight for me was cooking lunch with foil with Mr. Colson’s supervision. I cut up some potatoes and onion and rolled it up with a blob of hamburger in aluminum foil. The ends of the foil packages were turned up like ears and we used them as handles to place them onto the coals of a fire. These were occasionally turned by grabbing the foil ears and flipping them over so the ears were upright again.
It was the first time I ever cooked a meal over an open fire and it was delicious. I really don’t remember anything else but I do remember this event cemented my determination to continue with #Scouting.
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