Today, we put the finishing touches on all the different areas that we are responsible for while all 40,000+ scouts arrived and set up their own campsites. There wasn’t really that much that needed doing. Most of the areas were sponsored by one company or another, and most provided their own staff to setup and work the area, just using us as backup and assistants. The Quonset hut we put together on my first day and part of the second is run by a company called iHigh, and they had six people there. Rockwell Collins had the front of the hut next door, and I don’t think they let any of us help them set up their $420,000 flight simulator, though I can’t imagine why not. Other corporate or private sponsors include: NASA, The Franklin Institute, DeVry University, X-Prize, Lego Robotics (Mindstorm), Michigan Tech, The International Spy Museum, National Geographic, and a few others I can’t recall right now.
Right behind our area is a giant temporary building that says “Mystereum Compass” on it and blasts eclectic music all day long. It looks and sounds like one of those sideshows you see at state fairs. Most of the songs are ones that I like, so it makes working a little easier. Next to that are the two 40-foot-tall inflatable water slides, and next to that is the custom-built, jamboree-sized swimming pool. I wish they’d let me test it out for them… Ah, well.
After work and dinner, I was able to locate Brian and his buddy. We hiked around a bit looking at things, and I bought them both ice cream sandwiches before I headed back to my billet for a shower and then to bed. Lights out at 10:30, so that’s all I have time for tonight.
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