Jamboree Contingent Logs

Monday was our day of service, but due to an upcoming event, it was no longer ‘A Day’ of service. On our day of service we had to help create a trail for future scouts to be able to walk through on. We woke up extremely early to go and prepare breakfast at an earlier time than we usually did. All of that was so we could get as much time in on the trail as possible. We left Foxtrot around 8 o’clock and arrived at the trail at minutes to 10. It was almost a 2 hour ride because the driver made a wrong turn and drove almost 4 miles in that direction. The Bajan Tridents along with others from Foxtrot 212 got approximately 55 metres completed due to the amount of time we had (we were only there for 20 minutes). We had left early so that we could be able to go to Trump’s speech at an early time. Once we got to the stadium (by bus) there was an elongated line awaiting us on the outside. By some miracle, within thirty minutes, we got into the stadium. Dinner was given to us in the stadium. We then had to wait two hours and thirty minutes until Mr. Trump arrived. He came and encouraged us to do what we are passionate about and to never lose our momentum whilst on our way to success (btw that is a summary of 1/3 of his speech…….…I am not going to go into anymore of it). After trump left, we had to wait for thirty minutes before we could leave. We arrived back at Foxtrot at 9:30pm. At the end of the day we were all disappointed about the little amount of time spent on the trail and Mr. Trump’s ‘ways’. And we all know what the Bajan Tridents did once we got home.                                                            -Elijah

 

Finally, the day had come, the day that the Bajan Tridents got to sleep in and relax for the entire day, but only if we desired to. Sunday morning, the Bajan Tridents got out of bed at approximately eight o’clock, and made breakfast………yup, we were scheduled to make breakfast that morning. But sleeping in wasn’t a problem because some others in 212 (Foxtrot 212) slept in. Also, it was raining that morning so waking up early was extremely difficult. After breakfast, we relaxed for 1 hour to 1 hour & a half and did some cleaning, laundry and patch trading. After dinner, we were given some cards known as trading cards. These cards have pictures and information about important people that helped to “build” scouting as we know it today. The point of the cards is to get all of the necessary cards from 1-100. You will get some of the same cards unless you are lucky, you might get all of them in one go. After organizing and trading our cards, the Bajan Tridents “chilled” for the rest of the time that we were awake.
-Elijah

Yup………back at it again! On Saturday we had a tight schedule and that is because we had to cook dinner early so we could be on time for the Opening Concert, later that afternoon. The Bajan Tridents started the day with a filling breakfast and headed out to finished the long ‘awaited’ self made leather belts. About two hours had passed and the Bajan Tridents had finished create all their belts. We then ventured to the conservation walk, where we learnt about trees, plants, insects, etc. After that we walked back home (By the way, home = Foxtrot) to prepare dinner. We made ham burgers which was much more satisfying since we used our secret sauce and once everyone was finished we got ready for the concert. At the concert we had a blast as we enjoyed ourselves. We later returned home at 9 o’clock. Then their was Sunday 😄.                   -Elijah

It’s Thursday!!!!! Actually………It was Thursday. We woke up pretty late and after breakfast we headed out in search of the Action Point Challenge Course. On arrival to the area we were side tracked and made a detour to the Brown Sea Island. Numerous activities (i.e. pioneer basket ball, sharp shooting, tug of war) were offered to test our skill and strength. After participating in a number of activities, including those mentioned above, the Bajan Tridents emerged as the undisputed champions of the tug of war. After departure from the island, the contingent signed up and participated in leather work and belt making. Due to the shortage of time however, the belt making process was put on hold until later. Afterwards, we journeyed back to Foxtrot (our “home” base camp) for dinner. Once dinner had concluded the Bajan Tridents relaxed for the remainder of the night. 
-Elijah

1. On Wednesday, 19th July, the Barbados Tridents rose at 5:30 to go out for an early morning run. The run was supposed to last for 30 minutes but it lasted for 39 minutes because some of us fell behind. Afterwards, we got ready to leave the house to go out to iHop, but according to Nnamdi for breakfast (it’s was very delicious). Once we had filled our stomachs with iHop, we returned home to pack, clean and change to head out to the airport. It took us about an hour and ten minutes to get there (we fell asleep along the way). We cleared security and immigration smoothly and boarded the plane to head to Chicago, this flight lasted approximately 2 hours. Once we were in Chicago, directly after exiting the plane, we then walked to the boarding gate to board our next flight which was to West Virginia (the flights were amazing). Once in West Virginia we were immediately met by fellow scouts, and what seemed to be ahead was a long, uncomfortable night in Yeager, however through the selfless acts of Jim, the staff member, we were safely chaperoned to the camp site with filled stomachs.
   -Elijah

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