Countdown begins...
Lord willing, we will undertake an odyssey of mammoth proportions this Saturday. We (S and I) will be leading a Cub Scout caravan of (not more than 28 - I'll tell you later) cars down to Mobile. We'll start about 6:30am (yikes!) and head down I-85 to I-65 till near Bay Minette, when we will head down the East side of Mobile Bay and follow the tiny peninsula to Fort Morgan. After a couple hours, we'll ride the Ferry over to Dauphin Island and see the Estuarium. After another hour or two, we'll drive up and over the bay bridge up to the USS Alabama battleship. It promises to be a most memorable excursion! I keep asking myself, What do I think I am DOING!?
Keeping control of this crowd will be akin to pushing a rope. They say that "Scouting is fun with a purpose." I missed the "measured insanity" part. I can hardly wait...
Keeping control of this crowd will be akin to pushing a rope. They say that "Scouting is fun with a purpose." I missed the "measured insanity" part. I can hardly wait...
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Good luck! And you volunteered for this? -
You remember the spiel, Mr. Woodbadge..."all it takes is one hour a week"... ;-) -
Now if this post doesnt tell you who this is, nothing will. :) -
Has the Scout mission occurred? Are you and the missus still alive?? -
I had written an update, but had waited too long before I hit the "comment" button - so I lost it all. Faced with the redo, I turned the machine off!
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Now that I am a few days distanced from my wasted typing, I will try again - It'll never be as good or complete as the original, mind you, but I'll try.....I must say that the trip went well. The number of cars was 22 - it needed to be 28 or less because that is the maximum number of vehicles that will fit on the Mobile Bay Ferry in a single pass. However, One of my cars met us at the ferry because they had an early morning activity they had to complete in Auburn before leaving - I was sweating it because he made the ferry only about 90 seconds before it left the dock! That was 1.5 minutes from either waiting an hour and a half for the next trip of driving all the way aroung the bay! (pardon me whilst I wipe my brow once more!) Fort Morgan was great - We had a very knowledgeable guide in a Civil War period uniform (complete with rifle) to take into areas of the fort that are normally locked up. He even fired his "Mississippi Rifle" for the boys! My ears are still ringing...
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I was beginning to think you fell in a hole somewheres. But......you didn't.
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That's cool! I am glad you had a good trip. How are things at Southend?
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A last thought about the Battleship for this year..... It struck me as we wandered through the ship that there was no "soft" place ANYWHERE on the ship, save the bunks that the sailors slept in. These bunks are a tubular frame with a canvas middle laced around them with a 3/8" rope and suspended on chains stacked four high. With about a 7 to 8 foot deck height in most places, that meant the sailor would have about 18" of height between his bunk and the one above, and would necessarily eliminate the ability to sit in your bunk unless you were on top - and the top guy better watch out(lots of hard sharp edges to bump your head on up there). Maybe the captain or an officer might have had a padded chair somewhere, but the average person on that ship had a HARD life. It makes me appreciate my soft chair here at the desk!
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I know who you are! Remember that story :)
