National Jamboree 2010

AND THEY ARE OFF! 120 Scouts and leaders have left Nor Cal, bound for the tour for the National Jamboree from the Santa Clara County Council

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Comment by Grant L. McCauley on July 20, 2010 at 3:16pm: In 1993 SCCC sent 2 troops to the National Jamboree. I was ScoutMaster for one troop and Elden Bruha was for the other troop. Our travels from Philadelphia through Washington DC and Virgina was aboard 2 World War II vintage buses, held together with gum and prayers, seats as hard as rocks and a toilet that had never been cleaned. And these were the good points of the bus. Elden's bus was identical.
We had a joint Pizza Party at Georgtown University and my troop caught on to my practical jokes early in the tour. I stood up on chair and announced that we had already seen the latest Stephen Segal movie twice on our bus and would the other troop be interested in trading movies for the remainder of the troop. My troop jumped on the joke and started cheering that we would get new movie to see and Elden's troop stared at me and in unison asked, "You guys have a VCR?' Elden never forgave me for pulling that one on his whole troop. He had to give them a tour of our bus to show them that our bus was identical to theirs.
One of the best practical jokes I ever played.
Grant McCauley
Scoutmaster
Troop 621
1993 National Jamboree