Darren’s Diatribe

I went on a 3 day hike with my son’s Scout troupe over the long weekend (as a helper, not as a Scout). It has been a while since I have done any real hiking, so I had a few problems fitting everything in :

Luckily, this was sort of a practice run for a “real” hike, and the backpacks were being transported in a trailer. This gave the younger Scouts a chance to practice packing and using backpacks without needing to carry a lot of weight over long distances. We used smaller day packs while we were walking.

We camped at Newland Head Campground, west of Victor Harbor. It was a very nice camping spot, with good facilities.

We had some wonderful views on the hikes. The last part of the hike was along the cliff top you can see below.

Here is my son disguising himself as a bush :

He also did very well in the Jumping Off The Rock Competition :

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