I survived...
Sep. 30th, 2025 05:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moxie_man
I have survived the Zombie Apocalypse. The event was a huge success and enjoyed by the roughly 100 scouts and 40 or so leaders who attended.
On the other hand, the refrigerator in the education building being used as HQ for staff did not. It took on the camporee theme our first night out there setting up for the event. It ran and ran and ran, but did not keep cool. As such, I had to shamble to town every day for ice to keep staff food cold.
Weather: It poured on staff Thursday night into Friday, resulting in the destruction of one of our pop-up canopies. After that, bright sunshine through the weekend with highs in the mid-70s (low-20s C). The local fire department lifted the fire ban for us due to that rain. We had a few cases of dehydration, but that was it for medical issues.
The scouts did a service project for the refuge in thanks for use of the facilities. A handicap accessible wildlife watching blind was scraped and repainted. Scout units went out in shifts to do the work, which took most of the day.
Evening campfire, my brother mixed in "dad zombie jokes" between troop songs and skits. Example: What does a zombie cow eat? Gggrrraaaiiinnnsss.
The last unit headed for home around 10:30am (unlike 12:30pm like last year). So staff was able to leave around noon. Grab lunch locally and arrive home around 4:30 due to very heavy, slow traffic on the Interstate roughly 40 miles (64km) from home. I wound-up getting off it and taking backroads from there. Took about the same time by my guess based on how slow things were on the Interstate and a lot less stress.
Foliage wasn't quite at peak on the drive home, but there was color. I figure it'll be a quick color show this season due to the drought conditions.
Next year's theme for the 64th Annual event as voted on by the youth: Prehistoric Times.
