Hello to everyone at Ashburn. We are halfway through the week and we have a group of very happy scouts …. and maybe a couple of parents homesick for their scouts. As Mr Bonina eluded to in his Sunday email, please refrain from trying to reach out to your scouts at camp. Our scouts are doing great and phone calls from homesick parents is the worst thing for scouts.
Every morning, all of the Troops at camp this week start the day with a Flag Ceremony and camp announcements in the parade field. Today, our SPL, Rohan Parikh, led seven Troop 58 scouts as the Color Guard, raising the US Flag, Virginia State flag and the Maryland State flag. A very proud moment indeed for our Troop!
Scout Law 32: A Scout is hungry! After a breakfast of eggs, sausage and cereal, they were off to their first MBs of the day. By now, we know not to get in the way of Scouts in the dining hall. They look more like hungry wolves than scouts. We get about 20 minutes to eat, and by the time 10 minutes goes by they are looking for any uneaten food that might be left, especially the older boys. Nobody goes hungry as the adult table always has extra food that easily gets consumed quickly by our boys.
Today we ate lunch at our campsite. Scout Law 11: A Scout is Clean! After lunch, it was time to clean the Latrines and the campsite. The Patrols are assigned these daily duties, as well as serving food and cleaning up the tables at meals times. Today was the Watchdogs turn. Also during free time, the boys prepared the fire circle for tonight’s campfire program.
For the evening campfire program, Tommy Bonina was the MC. We were treated to stories, jokes, and we even had Nihar sing songs for us! Also, we had scouts stand up and share things about their cultural backgrounds. We were told about life in Mexico, India, Germany, Ecuador and Columbia.
Photos from Wednesday are found in the Online Photo Gallery.