Monday, May 17, 2010

"Campout of the Century"

Scouts from Troop 165 attended the Atlanta Area Councils Campout of the Century last weekend at Bert Adams Scout Reservation. Our Scouts were joined by 4700 other Scouts and 900 leaders. The event was amazing. Our guys took part in most of the over thirty events offered from Frisbee golf

to human foosball.


There was something for everyone there. Solar telescopes to water rockets. Great to see several of the Atlanta Falcons take time out to come by and sign autographs. They were only supposed to be there for an hour, but stayed most of the day.


Ron Young (Iraqi War veteran and POW) flew in Saturday morning and was a guest speaker Saturday night. You could have heard a pin drop as he told his tale of being shot down and captured.


One of the more popular events was the rockband competition with troops competing all day until the finals that night.


That night during the 5 hour stage show scouts got to see the winners of the Scouts have Talent competition, followed by several motivational speaker including Alvin Townley – an amazing Eagle Scout and speaker. His two books(Legacy of Honor and Spirit of Adventure)are excellent!


After that there was a concert by Chris Sligh, a finalist on American Idol a few years back, who is really becoming a well known christian rock star. The show was great!! My pictures are not so great.


It was our first ever jamboree style event. Hopefully not our last.