Cameron leading a PLC to discuss our arrival in camp
Assistant Senior patrol Leader Nick preparing for his duties at Jamboree
Nick in his office
Jonathon during our eight hour drive into Jamboree
We spent about five hours driving, one at lunch and rest stops, and about two hours waiting in line to get into camp
Our OA Staff guide who oriented us for the camp as we waited
Officially entering the Summit Becktel Reserve
One of the three artificial lakes in the SBR
Inside of the camp
AT&T Stadium, the stage for the arena shows
A better view of the now empty stadium
Part of D camp (in the orange)
Overview of where they dropped us off. Our campsite is left of the center in the bare spot. Not only wre we one of the last troops to arrive (getting in the bus line at 4 pm) but we also had to carry our packs around the tents in the foreground and walk off to the right
Taking a break to let the lines catch up as we march into camp
we tried to walk in double file, but that gradually dissolved
along with our own packs and backpacks, many of us also had to carry full duffel bags with troop gear; most of these were heavier then our packs
some of the younger scouts carried two backpacks while an older scout carried their bag (adding onto their own packs)
every scout carried between 20 and a hundred pounds over the half mile hike into camp according to their ability. Most carried about 50 pounds.
The corner of our campsite. Luckily, we are adjacent to the bathroom, shower room, and water spigets (seen in the background)
All troop gear was stored in these three containers
items included: four stoves, two canopies, about 40 tents, six tables, and cooking gear
our sub camp commissioner checking us in
IT WAS VERY HOT!!!
our campsite!
boys line up their packs and we get organized with about 2 hours of daylight left
reminding us to drink water. The camp has an emergency alert system with sirens that reminds scouts to drink water throughout the day
assembling cots
assembling tents
our first line of tents
Mrs. Morgan carrying a cot
SPL Cameron Mosher is meticulously planning our campsite
bags for cots
cooking our first meal, chicken, corn on the cob, cole slaw, and mashed potatoes
we quickly were running out of daylight
Cameron with his PLC
when complete, the cots are so tight they can be used as drums!
measuring and marking our perimeter
the stoves are identical to those used at Lost Valley
lots of food
our makeshift flag pole; we later improved it
beds in front of tents
lining up for a meeting before dinner
sunset on our first day at Jambo. Work on the camp continued into the night with most scouts going to bed around 10:30
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