The big day ... we drive down to the Summit Bechtel Reserve for the 2017 BSA National Jamboree.
We woke up early and had to return the cafeteria of Lewis County High School to the state in which we found it. After that, it was off to Robin's Nest, a restaurant owned by a Lewis County resident who had provided our lunch the day before, and helped with the dinner as well. Today, he was providing us breakfast. After a breakfast of eggs, sausage, biscuits & gravy, donuts, etc., we loaded back on the buses for the final leg of our journey to the Summit! Our thanks to Ray at Robin's Nest for treating us so well.
We had contacted the other troops from our contingent and made plans to meet in a school parking lot about 10 minutes away from the Summit. We arrived at the school first, and contacted the other troops. They were about 30 minutes behind us. Some of the boys got off the bus and we threw a frisbee around while we waited. The other buses arrived and off we went!
We arrived at the Summit Welcome Center and there was a long line of buses waiting to be processed. It was finally our turn and our arrival process started. After some paper work, and a brief introduction to the Summit on the bus on the way to our camp, we finally arrived. We had to unload the bus very quickly. We checked in at the camp headquarters and they directed us to our camp site. The next step was to get our camp set up. The boys started setting up the tents and all the other equipment, while some other went to the "store" to get our lunch. Shopping in the store was an interesting experience.
The boys finished setting up our camp and then some of them went off to explore, while others simply hung out and many more immediately started to find other scouts to trade patches with. Later in the afternoon, we had to go back to the store to get our dinner. After dinner, everyone found things to do, but patch trading was definitely a top priority for many of the boys.
Finally, it was time for lights out and it was time to go to bed. Another long day of many more to come!
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