Blog: Trail Adventure Stories

Sleeping with Rats As a Scout Master I got to camp with my son and his fellow scouts quite a bit as we worked on their Camping Merit Badge. We constantly sought new places to camp and have a great time.Each year we would select a high-adventure camping location where we could spend 5 or so days as a group. We'd plan around the activities we wanted to do. One summer we chose to go boating and wake surfing so we selected Kalispell Island on Priest Lake in Northern Idaho. We wanted to camp out on the island for 4 nights/5 days. Since the camp sites are first come, first serve we decided to arrive on a Wednesday night. We knew the bay we wanted to camp on because it was perfect protection from boat wake and protected enough the boys could swim out.The boys got their gear together and we boated in. They set up camp and then they took to the water. They surfed, skied, boarded and swam. That night we went back to camp and got the fire going. We ate and told stories and horsed around. We had a blast.Later we ... Read More