On
this episode, I went camping with a bunch of my friends and their
families. We all had a great time learning about how having a good
strategy helps with everything you do. From cooking and setting up a
tent to paintball, you need a good strategy in so you can reach your
goals.
I
also helped my friend Michael Davis set up a big tent. Here, he is
telling me about a rain-fly and how it can keep you dry.
Tents
are fun. When we were all set up, we must have had about 10 tents
or so and an eating area. Here I am setting up my tent. It
is easy if you read the instructions.
Here I am with my friend Steven eating some of the BBQ Chicken Ben
Scurry grilled for us. We cooked a lot of
different
things while camping and used a variety of equipment to do it. Ben
brought a full size grill on his truck and unloaded it for grilling
hotdogs and chicken. We also used a Coleman camping kitchen to fix
breakfast. That night, we got to
cook
"hobos" and s'mores over campfire coals. My favorite was the
hobos. They were a lot of fun to make, and they taste awesome.
There were a lot of things to chose from to put in your hobo creation
before putting over the coals to cook.
Speaking
of paintball, we all had a lot of fun watching the guys play in the
woods. Woodsball is a type of paintball where the strategy is
about using stealth and teamwork.
Everyone had a good time and
told their different "glory stories" once we got
back to camp.
In the picture to the left, my friend Wyc's dad is dressed in a ghillie
suit -- a special type of camo the looks like a pile of leaves or brush. He
also knows how to blend into the landscape. Though woodsball games
sometimes move slower than speedball, your adrenaline can still be
pumping as you wait in ambush or stalk a target.
I
was especially excited when our team won the speedball tournament.
They definitely had to have good strategy. Speedball players wear
bright jerseys instead of camouflage. Typically, speedball players
use speed to get to another point of cover on the field instead of
hiding behind cover like a woodsball player. The field is also
usually a much smaller area and more paint is used in the games.
Both types of paintball are very exciting and though they are similar,
they are also very different.
My friends and I had a great time with our marshmallow shooters, and
had a lot of fun playing on the paintball field using the ones we made.
I hope you learned as much as I did about having a good strategy. I'll
see you later. |