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| In the wee hours of the morning somewhere (prolly) in Indiana |
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| Oh why am I taking a picture of a corn field. Prolly a good example of GMO product. |
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| Made it safely to camp city Monday midday |
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| The Hope channel broadcast the main meetings live. |
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| 10 girls crammed into a double cab (don't worry, we weren't on the main roads). All vehicles except golf carts were banned from the internal roads after 7pm on Tuesday. |
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| Squished |
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| Traffic jam on Tuesday morning |
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| Every Union decorated their entrance. I thought this one was really creative |
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| Here's another one. Clubs and conferences also had unique decorations. |
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| Oshkosh is known for the Air Museum. We had free access to that and some of the girls turned astronaut! |
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| Four hangars plus many exhibition tents and structures served to provide a myriad of activities for the 47 000+ participants. |
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| Some of my girls on "green T-shirt day" |
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| Is this Ranger Rick from the Guide magazine? |
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| Every day there were parades and of course the march and drill competition. |
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| YT and Brenda Walsh from 3ABN. She snagged me into a live television interview - petrifying - but it went OK, thanks to the Lord. |
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| We gathered every evening for a meeting |
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| About 5 jumbo-trons helped everyone to see well. |
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| School buses shuttled us back and forth (but we still had miles to walk just to get TO the buses LOL) |
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| One of the activities was ice-skating at the YMCA. They could ice-skate twice a day for 1.5 hours each time if they desired. |
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| C and M strike a pose |
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| Acting like pros |
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| Yippee! |
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| Crowds got bigger as the time went on |
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| Skating along like... |
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| Wow, we're celebraties |
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| Volleyball |
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| Can you believe this? An indoor waterpark inside the Y! |
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| C and E enjoying the moment |
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| Indoor soccer. I think they had tournaments going on the whole time. |
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| Evening light |
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| 360'. People still coming in |
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| We had a different color shirt for each day. I can see why! |
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| Part of a pathfinder history display |
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| Motorbike demonstration |
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| Part of a parade |
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| The theme was Daniel and his 3 friends - "Forever Faithful" |
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| They spared no details in making the story come to life. Amazing stuff! |
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| Even sailing was on the list of activities |
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| Our skipper was a girl currently studying in TN |
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| Back safe and sound (after getting stuck in the doldrums for a while) |
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| More bus riding |
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| The weather was perfect - except for the grand finale on Sat. night! |
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| Some close-up of the stage |
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| Dishwashing duty back at camp |
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| The view from our (my and another staff counsellor) tent |
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| Sargeant Moody directs the parade traffic (only kidding). It was a stifling hot day but he looks as cool as a cucumber. |
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| After the parade, we collapse on the grass |
