For anyone worried (like me) our Scouts came back after an hour and a half in the rain; overnighter canceled. Decent amount of lightning, so that was the right call.

(Of course, now it’s clearing up! But not sure if that will last.)

Yes, that’s the AT&Tree that helps pay for lots of upkeep around camp!

We’ve had a pretty good Day 2. Tuesday was river day so we were excited. Of course, some used the chance to catch up on rest on the bus ride to the river:

Ty also showed that his buddies can deposit a bottle top in his open mouth while napping! The fun that happens when u fall asleep while “friends” are still up!

It was great to get up into the mountains in North Carolina. This was the view from the bus:

The river really was a lot of fun and you’ll have to ask your son about it. Many boys swam in the 48 degree river, briefly, between rapids with a few choosing to exit the boat while in the middle of the rapid! Some also “rode the bull” on the raft through the rapid, which is up on the nose of the rapid. Many other experiences and a lot of pleased Scouts!

Couple other shots. Flag lowering with 800 Scouts.

And then supper. Yes, supper. Food has been…well, it’s camp food. I was hoping it was much improved over Camp Comer but I’m beginning to appreciate the difficulty of cooking camp food. Everyone seems to appreciate it and most are actually really happy with it. (Not much color diversity. This is actually more colors than many times so far. Lots of yellow!)

Now, we have had our first rain. And it is a drencher! Unfortunately, guys taking Wilderness Survival were going out to spend the night in the wilderness to show they could survive. They only brought 5 things and were going to build shelters. I’ll let you know how it went tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s what you do in the rain:

Everyone is still having fun!

Here we go!