Snow Camping

Snow Camping

January 8, 4: 00 PM I cannot believe I am going snow camping in two days! Dad promised I could go when I turned eight. That is when Kate first went with Dad. She is twelve now. So this year will be her fifth snow camping trip.

Kate says snow camping is fun. I should not be scared. But I AM scared. How will I stay warm? What is it like to sleep in a snow dome? Is it like sleeping in a freezer? Kate will roll her eyes if I whine. She will say, “ Stop being a baby, Maddie! " I want to be brave, like Kate.

January 9, 7: 30 PM Dad and I just packed my backpack. He says the trick to staying warm is to wear several loose layers of fast- drying clothes. He also said that wearing wet clothes in the frigid cold causes hypothermia. I did not know until tonight that hypothermia is when your body cannot make enough heat to stay warm. People can DIE from hypothermia! ! ! ! !

January 10, 11: 30 AM Dad was right! IAM warm! ! ! We hiked for two hours to our campsite-in snowshoes! I was so hot. I even took off my coat! It is SO quiet here, except for the sound of our snowshoes moving across the snow. It sounds like this: WHUMF WHUMF. I have to go. We are going to build a snow dome now! ! ! !

January 10, 5: 00 PM Wow! Making a quinzhee is tiring一 but fun. First we made a massive pile of snow with our shovels. Then we ate lunch. The snow hardened. Then we carved out the dome. Our quinzhee looked like a snow cave. We even added a kitchen! I am still scared to sleep in there. Will we freeze while sleeping in snow? Will the quinzhee fall in on top of us?