[bluewater]

Good call on that merit badge! I remember vividly we got to bring along a hot dog and a fire starter (maybe flint and steel?). We had rain so the forest was soaked. Despite our best efforts there was no fire and we dined on cold hot dog.

[gnicholas]

You got food? Pretty sure ours was without food. But our forest was dry (Camp Winton in the Sierra Nevadas, in the summertime).