After breakfast, as was becoming the
typical pattern, the boys set out for the different activity centers,
patch trading, and/or whatever else they had come to Jamboree for.
As for the adult leaders, most of us
decided to go up to “The Barrels”, to do some shooting. It was a
moderately long hike, but we finally arrived. After going through a
“training” session, we tried pistol shooting first. After that,
we moved on to rifle shooting.
At this point, we split up, and some
went to the shotgun range while a few of us went to the chalkball
(paintball) range. I had never shot a paintball gun before … it was
a lot of fun!
When we were done with that, we split
up some more, and I walked back to the Summit Center with one of the
other leaders while the others either stayed at The Barrels our took
shuttle buses to other areas of the property. After hiking back to
our camp site, I went to take a shower.
The showers at the Summit are described
as “ambient temperature” showers. “Ambient” means … COLD!!!
What we had learned, however, to this point, was that if you took
your shower in the late afternoon, while the son was still out, and
you were hot from a day of hiking around the Summit, the cold showers
were actually a nice way to cool down!!!
After that, it was time to prepare
dinner and then clean up. We spent the rest of the night just hanging
out, while many of the boys were off patch trading, playing frisbee
and otherwise finding ways to entertain themselves.
Just another day at the Jamboree!
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