Experience nature in a new way by not pitching a tent

Photo by Trevor Clark

Wherever you do it — a mountain ridge, an open field, the shore of a lake — there are few invitations as satisfying as, “Let’s sleep out under the stars.”

Looking ahead can make camping without a shelter a highlight of many Scout journeys. It all starts with checking the weather forecast.

Learn more in our story from the November-December 2020 digital edition of Scouting magazine.


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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.