I was a Camp Fire girl. Girl Scouts weren't really big in my town, plus my mom had been in Camp Fire and so had my cousins. So of course that's what I did. We met in our church basement and learned about Veteran's Day (sending Valentines to Vets every year), science (getting beads and patches for experiments such as squirting iodine on vegetables to see which ones were starchy), sewing (my mom made me put my beads and patches on my vest myself), and fashion.Just kidding. There was nothing fashionable about those bright blue pants.
We also had campouts and sang songs and made foil dinners. I learned how to properly fold up a sleeping bag and that 90 percent of your body heat is lost through your head*.
I learned a lot and had a lot of fun in Camp Fire, and I'm so thankful it was a part of my life.
What about you? Were you a Camp Fire girl or a Boy Scout or anything like that?
* I realize this is possibly untrue. I don't claim to be a scientist or meteorologist or anything of the sort. I'm just reporting the facts as they were taught to me.
