Never Forget

One more Jamboree post

Happy Birthday Boyscouts - BSA National Jamboree 2010

Spending the day with Theo and Ida

Eliza and Ida

Theo at swim lessons

Fresh out of the pool

Having a great day with Eliza and the kids!

Troop/Council gateways

Totally knarly surfboard!

California Inland Empire Council. The council I grew up  in.

OC council has some of the coolest gateways

My avatar of course

Abe Lincoln council

2010 National Scout Jamboree. 4th post.

Parade of Flags

Gathering into the Arena

The Opening Show

Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Miss America. (I was lacking a telephoto lens.)

Part of my group.

The Arena full of Scouts.

America the Beautiful

Primed and ready

Canons in the 1812 Overture

The Opening Show in the Arena was today.

Several guests were there including Miss America, Def Sec Robert Gates, WWE star Sargent Pain(I think that was his name.  The Air Force Precision Honor Guard.  A parachuting display by the Army's Golden Knights, along with many others including a special video from Eagle Scout Mike Rowe from Dirtiest Jobs.

It was hot in the sun, but the show was cool!

Me and a Bikathalon bike.

And no, I am not going to get on it and ride.

PS to previous post

The first official Jamboree injury.

 

 

 

The long ride

This is why we don't let the old men ride the bikes.  (or pull wheelies on them!)

The good news is that the emergency response system works great!

2010 National Scout Jamboree. 3rd post

The shooting stations.

The Bikes

Patches from all NASA missions with Eagle Scouts on board.

List of all Astronauts who are Eagle Scouts

"Columbia", Bald Eagle at NESA exhibit.

Campsite Gateways

Gateways.

Camp gateways.  This is a Nevada troop.

The Scouts have arrived and we are in full swing.
The Hill is packed from one end to the other with youth and scouters.
686 attended our event today and we expect more tomorrow.

Wednesday is the Arena kickoff show starting at 10:30 in the morning.  Defense Sec. Robert Gates former NESA president will speak along with Miss America.
Every U.S. president for the past 40 years has managed to attend Jamboree if only for a few minutes.
But we are not high on this one's agenda.(break my heart)
Hey bonus! We get Miss America!
The Show is going to be spectacular with the Army's Golden Knight parachute team dropping in and of course a fighter jet fly over.
And that is just the starter, the real big show is Saturday night.
I'll try for some video.