The Boy Scouts accomplished a feat that VERY few people accomplish - the
Zero Hero Award...
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...they began setting up camp early in the morning by getting out their snow dome form...
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...lacing it up...
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...and stretching it around the pile of snow they had already started...
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...the form needs to be as round as possible...
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...and as snug as possible...
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...then the final side has to be laced up...
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...then everyone piles on more and more snow...
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...and a scout tramps around the edge to pack the snow walls...
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...Scout had a turn at the tramping...
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...time to start the Charcoal for the Pie Iron Pizzas that Scout had planned for lunch...
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...back to packing and lacing and building...
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...the snow on top gets packed with a shovel...
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...and the form comes off - to reveal a solid dome of snow...now on to snow dome #2...
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...and the coals are ready for cooking...
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...Scout was serving as the camp cook for his First Class Scout requirements...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cXj6slfqh5Hr7C0TzN_FA6g51pvxFkhXVPaRC1UIdgTX67Y-2i3UpsKCee-plGxByTvDqyA-wwZ1SP7TSIMy8wnasaZdIJKOEvjToglAuP_3tLenePkDa-RBF75aSP3JK1YC/s400/PICT0574a.JPG)
...he did an awesome job and everyone loved the menu and the foods he cooked...
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...the pie iron cooks two pizzas at a time...
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...so no one had to wait too long...Note: the pie iron is melting the ice where Scout is preparing the pizzas - remember we're on top of a frozen lake...
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...lunch over - it was time to dig out the inside of the dome...
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...Scout starts by carving out a doorway...
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...the little sticks are poked in around the outside...
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....as a depth gauge to keep the walls the right thickness...
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...you shovel away snow just until you hit the inside of the stick...
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...at first you're in a pretty tight little tunnel...
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...but the work gets easier the more snow you remove as you have more room to work in...
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...eventually you'll get a space big enough for 4 or 5 people to sleep...
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...Snow Dome #1...
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...and Snow Dome #2...
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...the view from inside looking out...it's eerily quiet and bright inside a snow dome...
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...not to mention - a whole lot warmer - mainly right now - that's because there's no wind - but tonight with 4 warm bodies in here - it'll get toasty - well maybe not toasty - but 30-40 degrees ABOVE zero anyway...this is the roof of the snow dome...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrGtceNCWwt-F5BII4D_wm5faWYchqiVMXP8uToB9-6RHo1WnnnmpNHlPMDaT9dEG1D2rikB6ksZJ4KtV3XSTAcKErP-oecxk5I5rr2_ZdIi6JE56UXgJ487G-uL4u9TILqHg/s400/IMG_2454.JPG)
...looking into the dome - almost like a cave...
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...Ok...now it's time for supper...
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beanie weenies (we brought a vegan version of course)...and cream style corn...and juice and applesauce and cookies for dessert...how's that for a balanced Scout meal...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy_HYWdjkEiGEH5MkVHj2OPnGAyISANt3QrL62qnr0TpBk6ONzdSW7xUHr8n_OfJvDo3G9HVcDM4vBTN1_Jy27sUjPBYc6akiGt9a_4SshzmdbpespPxA53obojuBaeMAsfke/s400/IMG_2481.JPG)
...everything takes at least twice as long to cook when it's 6 degrees below zero (-21 C)...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rbDNBPz_RjOvNoTZkgXm8g7jIdV63iHRbxRct4O2VYpENOfKUsooGBvpKtRQ2Ft3fefZ4eBsclzzlVFr4nDfRKIpBwr7dr9dA8wTI1OWtkrpIjrYdUlnrgYkPAo6vGsvsbvs/s400/IMG_2484.JPG)
...it's getting dark...so it's time to bed down...
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...unlike at summer camp...no one really wants to sit around the campfire tonight...
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...All tucked in with a rug covering the opening...
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...Night...Night...
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...Zero Hero Camp...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6E1ODAVxumPh3S3R2Drp9fLnMoMuv4VIebGyU_Q8YBaIAzjtV0sCM7QQZs79jzHUo9F_zod47M62XZaJk2IMAd8EFKA2g65BrXnyC6lPCGoM5GOVuN148Ij1gGc_eSKHYUSp7/s400/IMG_2495.JPG)
...Everyone crawled out about dawn...and had a quick breakfast...packed up and headed home...
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...Scout is such a good scout...washing up all the dishes from camp...they froze so quickly that we couldn't really wash them at camp - so we just brought them home dirty...HA