What an event! This was my very first Klondike Derby and boy did I have a good time. I also learned a lot. Starting with dressing a little warmer, to learn those knots and lashings that are in the scout handbook. I really didn’t understand that we would have a wooden sled and the scouts would be pulling it from event to event. Our sled had all the items we would need to do at each event. I was asked which event I liked the most in the car on the way home. Well that’s easy I liked them all. I hope that everyone in my patrol was happy with me as I was learning as I went along. 

I really appreciated the leader who came and passed out hand warmers and toe warmers. These items made the day a little more comfortable. The cold wasn’t too bad when we were moving and doing the event. Waiting to do an event is when it was cold.  

I am looking forward to going again next year. I am hoping the weather is a little warmer.