Scout Camp

 This was actually the first week in July, and the Emperor, Zorg, Choclo and Oob all went together.

It was Oob's first scout camp and Zorg's last scout camp.  Zorg ages out in September, but from May until then, we have three boys in the troop!

They went to Bashore this year, and, despite some brutally hot weather, they had a fantastic time!

Choclo learned to really swim!

 They camped, and they climbed, swam, did archery, and got a ton of merit badges.

Lots of friends and lots of memories.

Lots of fun!

Except when it got too hot to use the slurpee machine.

 And now Choclo is a Tenderfoot, and Oob achieved the rank of Scout!

I know because I just sewed on the patches today!

See, it's not all catching up, sometimes we have breaking news, too.




After camp, Choclo and Oob came home with the troop while the Emperor and Zorg went on to Philadelphia to attend the Memorial service for the Dad of one of the Emperor's oldest friends.

Gardner was famous as an editor who gave a lot of famous writers their start, but I also knew him as a man who was funny and unfailingly kind.  He and his wife, who passed on last year, were close friends of my dear MIL.  I'm so sorry for our friend who lost both his parents, but I'm also deeply grateful for this generation of giants who brought so much joy to so many!