Year in and year out, Iowa State University forestry students have migrated many miles to different parts of our country to attend their respective summer camps. Last summer, 48 students and three faculty members traveled 780 miles to take part in the second consecutive forestry camp held at Winter Park, Colorado. Many wonderful days were spent surveying forestry in this beautiful country of high, timbered ridges and open range country of the lower altitudes. Long days in the field, cold winds and sometimes rain, hail and snow were to be tolerated. Several reasons for conducting these camps will be considered here.