Igloo Outing

It was very wet. The forecast was for rain turning to snow around noon. We went anyway. Well, not Soto, he was smart enough to stay home. We built two igloos in steady rain, with the temperature around 45 F. It was miserable and several of the scouts were cold and wet, so we crashed in the igloos and went home. The photo shows the igloo that I constructed. My friend is standing in the entryway, blocking your view of the opening. The top of the doorway is lower than the floor of the igloo to trap warm air inside. The floorspace inside is larger than it looks and over a foot below the surrounding snow; this igloo will sleep two adults.

P.S. It rained 1.34 inches at my house on Saturday, when we were building igloos.