Day 1- Let's Get this Party Started

July 16, 2013

With right at 30,000 Scouts all settled in and their 6,000 volunteer staff- the Jamboree went into high gear and full swing on Tuesday, July 16.  The morning began with a Show at the new AT & T Stadium.  The Governor of West Virginia presented the Scouts a WV Flag and Country Music artist Taylor Made provided entertainment.  The afternoon saw the opening of Summit Center and of course the time honored tradition of patch trading.  Take care, more to follow- Jamboree Jack

Sub Camp A3 Leadership Team
From Left to Right- Jack Sears- Director;
Shaw McVeigh- Chief & Steve Gamewell- Commissioner

Opening Show!  30,000 + in AT & T Stadium!

Bronze Statue of Stephen Bechtel
honoring his family's $50 Million
Dollar commitment to build the Summit

Tune in daily to our own radio station!

Be careful in the bathrooms- there is more than
just people in there!

Here are 8,000 Scouts in line to march to
the opening show.  They are crossing a Steel swinging bridge
that connects Base Camps A & B to Summit Center.
When you get on the bridge it sways-
feels like your are on a boat in the ocean!
It's the Monkey Bridge of the 21st Century!

We eat our meals with the Troops.
My first meal was with Troop A314 a contingent
from Salt Lake City, Utah!

More stadium show views!  Wow!

Wow!  Glad we got across that bridge and made it
to stable land!

This sign says it all.......

Sunset- Day 1!  Wild and Wonderful West Virginia
demonstrates why it is "Almost Heaven"!