#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.

#150 Power (Theme #239)

There is a lot of water power here. This is Cumberland Falls on the Cumberland River in KY at Cumberland Falls State Park. It is one of a few places in the world where moonbows can be predicted. Unfortunately, the weekend we were there was not the right one for the moonbow and the water was too muddy for even a rainbow.

#149 Navigational Aids (Theme #196)

A portion of the map we followed on our anniversary trip. Our official destination was London (KY), but we spent most of our time exploring the Daniel Boone National Forest.

#148 Out to Lunch (Theme #218)

Topper joined us for a picnic lunch on Saturday, and for pizza on Sunday.

#147 Hangs on a Wall (Theme #141)

This light fixture was hanging on the wall of the breakfast area in the hotel we stayed at for our anniversary weekend. I liked how it looks in this picture.

#146 Landscape (Theme #165)

A scenic overlook in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky.

#145 The Games We Play (Theme #319)

Here, Topper is playing games at Cracker Barrel (a restaurant).

#144 Computer (Theme #62)

My husband gave me this giraffe, Topper, for our anniversary. It became our mascot for our anniversary trip--posing in many of the pictures I took. Here Topper is looking at himself looking at himself on my laptop.

#143 Our Town (Theme #216)

Our town had its annual July 4th celebration (yes, I know, a week early) complete with fireworks.

#142 Summer Fun (Theme #309)

Nothing says "Summer Fun" like taking the kids to the pool! Notice that mom is sporting her earrings along with her black (slimming) one piece suit. The kids were playing happily in the water until I walked up with my camera--then they got shy and left the pool (right after I snapped this picture).

#141 Fruits of the Season (Theme #114)

We have a large raspberry patch planted for us by the birds--there are plenty of berries for both us and the birds--they get the ones in the middle that we can't reach.

I picked nearly a gallon this morning--they are in the freezer now--waiting to be turned into raspberry jam.