02-23-2008, 08:48 PM
6 foot tall grass in Toronto... that's funny to even think about! As a kid, I would camp at a large BSA reservation near the Mich/Ohio/Indiana border. Some of the pathways from place to place were little more than a strip of mowed grass. The surrounding grass was probably 3-4 feet tall (maybe shorter... not sure how tall I was back then :P). I remember seeing them mow paths with a machine that looked suitable for harvesting wheat. The mosquitoes in that camp were so unbelievably thick But then, they are just an annoyance. For adventures deeper into the camp one was supposed to wear knee socks and long pants, unless one wanted to have a scoutmaster with a pocket knife and lighter digging ticks out of his leg. I never had this problem, but one of my friends seemed to be a tick magnet.
I remember a lot of very dry summers when I was kid, but there were always two weeks when thunderstorms were an absolute certainty: the week of scout camp, and the week of the county fair.
I remember a lot of very dry summers when I was kid, but there were always two weeks when thunderstorms were an absolute certainty: the week of scout camp, and the week of the county fair.