On Friday October 20th eight Iowa State Forestry Students and one Staff Member set out on what would be an experience they would never forget. Tony Cline, Gretchen Holstein, Mike Lichter, Cory Levendusky, Monte Pope, Loran Ramsey, Rob Rubsam, Chuck Rodrigues(Staff), and myself traveled to Kennekuk County Park in East Central Illinois to compete in the 44th Annual Midwestern Foresters Conclave. When we arrived at the park it was already dark which proved a challenge in making camp. All of the other teams had arrived and set up camp including the University of Illinois (the host university), Southern Illinois, South Eastern Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Michigan Tech., and Missouri.