on our from bloomington to

on our from bloomington to peoria. just past carlock

Crossed the Indiana-Illinois border. Back in the Central Time Zone.

Buses are back on road.

Buses are back on road. ETA ..Bloomington at 8:30 and Peoria at 10:00 assuming no more problems.

Current Location

Bus problems in Lizton,IN. Tire

Bus problems in Lizton,IN. Tire pressure on one of buses is low. Bus on way for service. Will keep you posted.

Bus problems in Liztown IN. One of the buses is loosing tire pressure. Waiting for a call back. Will keep you informed.

Current location as of 11:13 pm eastern time.

Due to data issues, the previous two posts are out of order.

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Jamboree parents... Estimated time for

Jamboree parents... Estimated time for arrival back is Bloomington at 5:45 and Peoria at 7:00.

They call it the smoky mountains for a reason. Also, sorry for the
delay in postings - ever since we crossed the border my data coverage
has totally dropped.

About 15 miles into West Virginia.

Getting really close to Virginia - West border! It sure is rural out
here, they seem to have blasted the interstate out of the mountains;
it's really cool!

Our current information, now that we have cell service again.

These mountains are awesome! My ears pop everytime we go up them! I
just wish my camera wasn't dead :( at least this movie is totally
awesome! (I don't mind the air conditioning either) :D

A couple updates. We are back on the bus. Monticello was awesome, but
I am a little bumed that I couldn't take pictures inside. At 7:45
eastern we will be stopping for dinner at ryans buffet. It is 5 now so
we will be watching movies on the bus. We are also traveling through
the mountains so it is both a. Rural and b. Hilly (that's a given.)
after dinner the eta will be posted.

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Listening to the guide in front of the house.

One of the beautifully manuqured hedges that wrap around the home.

Picture of spicy tacos on west lawn of montecello

On the bus at Monticello

Monticello Theater watching a movie at the visitors center. It still
smell likes wood! Yay Global warming!

Getting in patrols to go inside.

Waiting to go into the Thomas Jefferson visitors center.

Now we are getting back on the bus.

As you can tell from this picture, we are near the appalcian mountains.

This is a Virginia license plate. It seems pretty plain.

I don't think that we have any pictures of our charter bus yet so,
here it is. We are sitting by the bus right now as our driver is
taking a break. The bus will be leaving at 1:00 and it is a 5 minute
drive to Monticello.

As of right now, I have taken 2,734 pictures with my digital camera.

Lunch break at Taco Bell!!!

We are almost to Monticello! the blue dot is our bus and the red
pushpin is Thomas jefferson's home that he designed himself.

We are currently driving through Richmond, Virgina. We will be
stopping for lunch in a little while.

The bus is now departing!!! :D

"Ode to a AT&T Micro-Cell"
Using you sure has been swell
during the life of an AT&T Micro-Cell.
You help hurricane victims in time of need
but helped us stay up to date with our texteed.
While this jamboree was full of power,
i sure will miss this awesome tower.

Finally boarding the bus; :(

Policing the campsite for trash.

We have figured out a new system for packing - all of bloomingtons
gear is placed on the first bus, with Peoria on two and three. By
doing this, we save confusion and time when getting off the bus.

Trying to figure out how we fit everything in the first time.

Teamwork makes everything go faster!

Specifically our bus is here, and the camp site is almost clear.

The dining flys are coming down.

Our bus is here!!! :D

Everything has been sorted into two groups. A pile of cots, totes, and
personal gear for Peoria and Bloomington.

We have everything in the truck except for dining flys! (I wonder
where we will put them.)

Our charter bus is on it's way to our campsite! It was parked here at
jamboree in a locked location for the duration of our awesome stay
here, and the drivers took a van back to Illinois. We were not the
only council to use Peoria Charter Coach, it turns out that both a
southern Illinois and a rural Missouri council hired the same company!

And now we are doing the same for Troop 1036!

Because Troop 1035 was missing in action (maybe went for a walk?), we
decided to clean their campsite for them. We found many treasures like
tent stakes, sun glasses, and star fun patches.

It has been an interesting night. We were harshly awaken by the sound
of rain. In order to fit our entire troop back into the fly, we had to
break down our cots and mattresses (previously two patrols were
staying about 250 feet away in a fancy striped green tent. We then
fell back asleep and awoke at 6 again. Right on our normal schedule, I
just wish we were following this time pattern. We all then took
showers (showering outside in the rain is fun!) and ate breakfast. It
was beef jerky, muffins, cereal bars, fruit cups and juice.

Here is a better picture, reference previous post.

We have recieved a late night snack! Mr Nick W. has donated leftover
ice cream, whipped cream, and bannanas to Troop 1034. Yum!

Our closing central region arena show. National Jamboree is divided up
into 5 regions - Central, West, Northeast, Southern, and Eastern?
(don't quote me on that :D ) each region has a stage with tons of
entertainment every night ranging from a Militia Band to air force
drill team to a robotics competition (another free tshirt!) - tonight
is the final night so they are introducing the staff followed by a
talent competition.

The campsite is almost empty, signifying another passing Jamboree :(

And the tent is done!

Ta-Da! A super humungo totally awesome rain reducing wind blocking tent!

Here is the surprise! In order to save time in the morning, we will be
having a slumber party under the dining flys. Each dining fly can hold
12 scouts, times 3 dining flys, equals 36 scouts!

This place looks exactly like it did when we got here, except all the
grass is dead. Gotta love sandy soil. :D

In this photo, we are cleaning out a stove so it can be stored. Bio-
degradable Dawn and water is used to protect the enviroment.

Chris making dinner.

Taking a break from packing to prepare and eat dinner. (Hey! Is that
my finger?)