The sun going down early and threat of rain kept the boys in the campsite and everyone got to bed really early. Consequently the boys got up before 5am and had a few wrestling matches in the adirondack. Then they decided to head down to the beach at dawn and enjoy the view. Apparently they got a little too close of a view and a few of them ended up with wet feet and legs. They came back up to camp cold and we quickly determined which of them lived the scout motto of "be prepared". Some of the boys ended up wearing cold pants and socks and decided to bring a back-up set of clothes to the next camp-out.
We had breakfast, and set off for some fantastic crabbing in Netarts Bay. Unfortunately, the leader who was supposed to meet us with the boat and crabbing gear came down with Swine Flu, and couldn't make it. We tried both of the rental outfits in town, but neither of them had any boats left we could use.
We decided to spend some time at the beach instead, and went out for a walk by the ocean. The tide was coming in and a few of the boys climbed onto a tree that was stuck in the surf. A big wave came in and got a few of the boys wet again, and we all had a good laugh. We were sad to have missed out on the crab, but had a fine time with Plan "B" and hope to have better luck next time.
