The March Long Weekend is the normal weekend for the Blackwood Scout Family Camp at the Roonka Water Activity Centre north of Blanchetown. We missed last year because of some other group booking the site before we could but not this year.

This year brought a record number of families with 140 people camping the weekend. Most made it in on Friday although we nearly didnt.

We borrowed my brothers SeaDoo and the last time it was used was when we borrowed it for the Family Camp two years ago so some maintenance was required with a new battery and oil. This took longer than expected so we didnt get on the road until 6:30 pm.

This year the weather was a lot cooler than a couple of years ago with mid to high 20’s instead of the low to mid 40’s.

The first day (Saturday) was perfect river weather – not too hot or cold and only a light wind. The kids spent most of their time in canoes and on blow up matresses and I spent 5 hours taking kids for rides on the SeaDoo.

The weather soon changed once we had finished for the day with strong winds, heavy rain, lightning and thunder. All the better to sit back and enjoy the company of good friends and new acquaintances.