2007 True Canadian Winter Bus Campout

February 17th, 2007 in Valens Ontario.

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The TCWBC 2007 logo First thing we did on arrival was get the fire lit. Our firewood of choice is Oriented Strand Board. It burns very bright and hot, and I get it for free.
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Dennis's westy in front of the westfakia and westrailer. Joel Cort's syncro had shifter issues, so he camped with a subie-powered westy tent. The lone vanagon at the event was my parent's sunroof passenger van, driven by my brother Brent.
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Buses in the woods. Alternative transportation. The Rivers/Ireland campsite.
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The babes of TCWBC. Brother Martin and nephew Aaron. The Westrailer is set up for Deep Fried Turkey production.
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Back at the campfire Brothers Brent & Martin with our buddy Dennis I do wish I was better at remembering names. I guess my brain was cold.
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The westrailer was the gathering point for hungry campers. The first bird gets redy for carving Carving the turkey
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Carving with gloves on is a PITA. Ross and Matthew
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Adam arrives well after our wildest guestimate. No-one was cold at the TCWBC.
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Deep fried mars bars are a delicious high-calorie snack. Mmmm.... Jamie preps the baked potatoes.
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Adam and Chris deep fry a dessert. Campfire-baked Stuffed potato! Adam and his double-deepfried Mars-Bar
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Campfire rock. Jamie
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It's hard to keep tuned at -15C. It's also hard to play with a bandaged hand. 2007's first campfire rendition of "Keep on rocking in the free world."
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At times the fire raged a bit, but never quite got out of control. Toasty warm. This pic was taken without the flash.
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Breakfast Burrito production. Adam helps with Breakfast Joel!
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68 and 72. Joel and I go XC Skiing. The trails were good and conditions were excellent.
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Quietly gliding throug the pines. Our Winter Bocce set was made from snowballs and food colouring. It was a tight game.
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But it only lasted three rounds. Packing up the westrailer took a while. Eastern Toronto Contingent, lined up for the trip home.
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And then we headed home.

True Canadian Winter Bus Campout