Camp Parsons Day 1: All's Well!

We're just a little more than 24 hrs into our week at Camp Parsons.  To a person, the boys are doing well so far - everyone in good spirits, still reasonably-clean and (most importantly!) safe. 

After departing Seattle Sunday morning, we drove to the Edmonds Ferry to Kingston and stopped for a delicious pizza lunch in Quilcene before checking into camp in the afternoon.  Upon arrival, it was several buys hours of checking and double-checking medical forms, doing swim checks, getting settled into camp and ready for our first meal last night.  We're in an amazing campsite named "Dungeness".  It sits up on a hill and overlooks Hood Canal - clearly one of the best sites in camp!

After dinner last night, we participated in evening vespers then signed up for merit badges for the week.  To end the evening, we went down to the campfire bowl for an inspirational and entertaining kickoff campfire.  At about 10:00 we headed back to camp - tired and with a sense of anticipation for the week to come.  After brusing teeth, it was off to bed....sleep came a little later when the giggling from the boys' cabins faded away and the last headlamp went out for the night.

This morning the boys are all off working on rank advancement and merit badges.  We're all looking forward to some fun activities and a little down-time this afternoon during Troop Time and free time.  I can tell already that this will be a fun week and I appreciate everyone supporting their son participating in Scouting and sending them to camp.  They're a good bunch of boys!

Tom