#160 Childhood Antics (Theme #47)

While waiting for the tire on the chuckwagon to be replaced, Nefty amused us with an impromptu hula dance (skirt courtesy of road litter--I think it came off a semi truck).

#159 Stuck (Theme #307)

We were stuck on the side of the road as first one and then another tire on our chuckwagon blew out.

We were about an hour out when the first tire blew. One vehicle went back to Bowling Green, KY to buy another tire at Sam's. We made the repair and got down the road about another half hour and the second tire blew. Help came in the form of a KY roadside assistance truck--they were able to find a tire shop nearby that was open and had the right tires. We went ahead and replaced all the tires on the chuckwagon and continued our journey--about 5 1/2 hours behind schedule.

#158 March to a Different Drummer (Theme #180)

Many of the clubs that marched in the parades each day had drum corps.

#157 Flags and Banners (Theme #101)

Four of our teen Pathfinders were part of the color guard in the parade on Wednesday (the boy on the far left, the boy in the center, and the boy on the right--a girl from our club is behind the left side girl holding the Southern Union banner).

On Thursday, two of our teens helped raise the flags. There were 9 flags with 12 handlers for each for a total of 108 flag handlers.

Nefty, second on the right, helped raise the Christian Flag.
Kayelan, second on the left, helped raise the camporee flag.

#156 Entrance (Theme #85)

This was the entrance to our campsite at Oshkosh.

Other groups also had interesting entrances.

#155 Doors (Theme #79)

Rows of porta-potties lined the roads in the campground at Oshkosh. Door after door--and not a single prize behind any of them! (reference to an old game show that had prizes behind numbered doors)

#154 Cookery (Theme #65)

Our club had a chuckwagon for our camp cookery. Here is one of our cooks making french fries.

#153 City Lights (Theme #51)

We drove through Chicago around 10:00 on Sunday night the 9th on our way to spend the night in Milwaukee--on our way to Oshkosh.

#152 Chores (Theme #49)

Our Pathfinders took turns at chores around our campsite while we were at the camporee in Oshkosh.

#151 Big Events (Theme #26)

Our Pathfinder club left on August 9 for one of the biggest events in Pathfinder history. More than 35,000 Pathfinders from all over the world gathered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a six day youth congress.

I took this picture while sitting in the crowd pictured below. The quality is poor since it was shown on a large jumbo-tron screen and I had to zoom quite a bit. This is the group of Pathfinders on Saturday morning gathered at the stage area. The dark areas are people.

This is an ariel photo that was on the camporee website--just to give a glimpse of how big this event was. The stage area is at the center top of the photo--it was about a mile from there to the end of the camping area at the bottom of the picture--and roughly a mile across also.