Reveille Sounds!

Reveille sounded at 6:00 a.m. for the staff this morning and a new day began. Breakfast was in camp and consisted of warm danish, cold cereal, coffee, juice and fruit. Shortly after staffers scattered to attend to their various duties.



This morning the Commissary (where patrols will retrieve their food stuffs for each meal) as well as the medical facility was set up. (We have been hearing sirens off and on and have been told that the hospital and emergency personnel are training for their jobs. Good to know.)

Several of us in the Subcamp have been trained as drivers as our jobs may require us to attend meetings across camp. So we had to register and get our special "driver" sticker so we could drive one of the 200 cars that Chevrolet has contributed for BSA use during the Jamboree. It is my understanding that each subcamp has ONE Jambo car assigned to them and may have two other cars in camp that display the proper credential.

Another trading post opened to a long line of excited Scouters. This one has a cool "Action Scout" air man out front putting on the moves. (See the movie below.) Consisting of two industrial-sized tarp buildings, this trading post has both Jamboree stuff and a huge "Scout Shop" with all the items listed in the catalog. Very impressive. One Staffer told us that they have 200 scouters staffing just this one Trading Post! I believe it, too. They were very helpful and have the system all worked out. You drop off your backpack, they hand you a number on a lanyard to put around your neck, along with a red "shopping bucket." When you check out they take your bucket -- along with all your money -- and give you back your backpack.



Across the street from the Trading Post was the Dunkin' Donuts kiosk. Up the road was a soon-to-be ice cream treat shop and one of the amazing AT&T air conditioned "Connection Zones" where the kids can email home and play a game or two. We've got it all, baby.

At camp we had a tree trimmed that had a couple "widow makers" hanging over staff tents. We were grateful. At the base of that same tree is the outlet for a bee hive of some variation (larger than a honey bee, smaller than a bumble bee). To keep Staff from accidentally discovering it, it was fenced off and a "Do Not Enter" sign posted.



Lunch at Jambo will be served all over camp. Staff and scouts will be given a voucher for each lunch (dated) in the form of a small plastic card that fits on each participants lanyard. Theoretically they can't lose it, right? Today's lunch is typical of what they we will have all week and is pictured here. What needed to be cold was cold. It was really very good quality and quite filling. (It is amazing to me how they do all this...)
Here is a shot down the row of staff tents in our subcamp. We are housing 201 Staffers, of which 110 are directly serving Subcamp 20/21... which is, by the way, the largest subcamp at Jamboree.


Finally, for now, on every name lanyard is a card that lists the Jambo safety rules and a guide to how much hydration is enough hydration based on the temperature of the day and activity level. Additionally, signs all over remind participants to drink up. Kudos to National BSA for doing EVERYTHING they possibly can to make this "The best, most exciting, fun-filled, SAFEST Jamboree ever!"