Wednesday, August 07, 2013

12th Canadian Scout Jamboree - CJ'13



DAY ONE
I arrived at the airport with my parents and my brothers at 6:00 in the morning. We said our goodbye's and off we went. First we had to go through security, everybody was checked in and we were all good to go. We got on the plane and off we went. Four hours later we were in Alberta. We got off the plane and got on a bus. As soon as I got on the bus I fell asleep and two hours later Joel was waking me up. When we got off the bus we walked into our campsite carrying all of the gear. It was heavy, but we finally we made it to our site. After setting everything up we went to sleep.  I tented with my brother Josh, Joel and Lucas.

DAY TWO

I got up in the morning and had a nice breakfast. We then headed off to spiritual time. We sung O Canada and listened to some different religions homilies. Then we left to have lunch. After lunch we had future world. Personally I think that future world was the most boring activity we did all week. All we did was, low ropes and an activity called amazing race. The activity I had the most fun at was the human pyramid because I got to be at the top. After that we went back to the site had lunch and free time for the rest of the day. I of course spent free time badge trading. Then we had dinner, more badge trading, mug up and then we went to sleep.

DAY THREE

I got up and was told we had free time until lunch so I badge traded all morning, of course. Then it was off to underwater world. Our first activity was rafting.  Me, Liam and Scouter Bill got into the raft that had HOLES IN IT! I bailed, Scouter Bill paddled and I don't know what Liam was doing. We did four laps until finally we sank. After that we had to use pressurized air to make a wooden box filled with cinderblocks float. It was hard and lots of people dropped out because the lake was to cold and just when we were about to give up it worked. After that nobody wanted to do the last activity, snorkelling, except me and my friend Joel. Snorkelling was a lot of fun. Then we all went back to the campsite, did some badge trading, had mug up and dinner and went to sleep.

DAY FOUR

I got up, had a nice breakfast and headed out to the x center. Me and Joel programmed a robot, sumo wrestler, played air hockey and went to the internet cafe. Then we came back to the site and had lunch. After lunch we went to water crafting. First we went rafting, it was really fun until we got sunk by another raft. Joel and I swam our raft in. After that we went kayaking where I got sunk by Callum twelve times, but I had fun anyways especially when Joel sunk Callum. Then we had dinner, badge trading and went to sleep.

DAY FIVE

Today was the day at the West Edmonton Mall. We had breakfast and got on a bus. Three hours later we were at the West Edmonton Mall. As soon as we got there we went straight for the bathrooms we were all very happy because the toilets actually flushed. After that we all threw away the sandwiches we brought and went straight for the food court. After our great meal we went to the amusement park and went on a bunch of rides. On one ride we got to shoot zombies. After that we went shopping for about an hour. Then we went to the water park and it was amazing. One of the slides did a 'loop t loop' and the wave pool was insane. The water park was fun but it was time to go have dinner at the old spaghetti factory. The food was great.  After dinner, we took another three hour bus ride back to the site. We all came home and went to sleep.

DAY SIX

Today was archery. We ate breakfast and headed out. I hit the red target... except it was on someone else's target. Then we had lunch. After lunch we had fly brontosaurs riding. First we played guard the bone and then we did leather crafting. After leather crafting it started to poor rain and we had to evacuate the field. We all went back to site and played cards in the thunder and lightning. After the rain cleared up we had free time for the rest of the day which I of course spent badge trading.
 
DAY SEVEN

Today was zip line. We had breakfast and headed off to the first activity, it was cave pictures. We had to draw cave pictures that told a story. Next we went to rope tying which I found very hard. After that we had to miss zip line and go eat lunch. After lunch we went zip lining while everybody else packed up. Then we had dinner, free time, mug up and went to sleep. 

COMING HOME

Today we left CJ. We packed everything up put it on the bus and headed out. As soon as we got to the airport we got something to eat, I went to Tim Horton's. After that we got on the plane and came home.  My parents picked me up at the airport.  My little brother was sick so we had to leave quickly.  When I got home, I had a nice meal and a hot shower.  Then I got to sleep in my own bed.

CJ was great and I will never forget it!

by: Joey P. - Hungry Hippo Patrol

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