We got up at 6 a.m. this morning and headed to the Jamboree. The drive is about an hour and fifteen minutes from Mark's house, but with all the people trying to get into the Jamboree today, it took us 3 hours to finally park. Then, it took about another 45 minutes to finally hook up with Brennan. Remember, there were 45,000 scouts there and about 30,000 visitors today.
Brennan participated in the Indian Lore activities and earned a cool patch.
One of the highlights of the Jamboree for Brennan was the patch trading. He really was excited about some of the patches he got.
He had to be back at his campsite around 3 this afternoon to be there when the Mayor of Orange County stopped by. I got to visit a little with Mr. Crotty myself. Below is a picture of Brennan's troop patch and his number that are at the entrance to his campsite.
Brennan's Patrol
Chris and Brennan at his tent.
In the tent. His bed was the one to the left. I couldn't believe that his tent looked WAY better than his room. I'll have to remember that. ;)
The scouts all marched to the arena and we couldn't sit with Brennan, but we did get to see all of the cool things they had going on. Paratroopers dropped in, jets flew by and all that cool stuff.
Below is a picture of the arena area. There were about 80,000 people there. It was an amazing sight and show. The guy that stars in the show "Dirty Jobs" is an Eagle Scout and he spoke to the kids. His talk was really great, and one of the highlights to Chris and I was that Scouts can get dirty physically, but can, and should remain clean inside. He also talked about scouting forcing him to be uncomfortable and doing things that he wouldn't normally do. EXACTLY! We loved it!
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