Entry for May 6, 2007
Today was the culmination of our Silver Award, the part that you all have been waiting for. It almost went completely according to plan to... which is better than pretty good for us. We all got to the site a little after 12. It was very difficult to get onto the road leading up to camp because of Kid Days, a county family day that was held at Cabin John Regional Park. We all got up to headquarters and found that not all the Boys Scouts from Friday had left yet. Then, we realized that we were missing one tree. So, we had a lot to do. Everyone changed into their beautiful "Trees for Tuckerman" shirts and we gave Sunshine and Eagle Eye (who arrived early to help) thiers as well. They loved them and everyone looked really good together since we all matched. We got the cake out and set it up. We brought tree stumps down to make a sort of stage for people to stand on when they talked about how much they loved camp and for the ceremony. While some people filled up our 5 gallon bug juice container, others filled handwashes or cleaned latrines. In the midst of all of this, a very nice park service man drove up, with our tree in his car. When he saw that we didn't have any big shovels, he called a friend and had him bring several up to us. Just as everything was going so well, all the Boy Scouts left. They, we all took up positions as people started to arrive. For the number of invitations that we sent out, not a lot of people actually came. However, those who came really cared about camp. The ceremony went okay. There were some mistakes and not everyone heard the whole thing, but that's really okay. As we wrapped up the ceremony and went to plant the trees, Kit Kat showed up (along with Beagle and Weeping Willow). That was very exciting for Grace, Charlotte, Meghan, and Katie. It took a long time to get the trees in the ground and people were getting a little board as we finished. Then, it was cake time, which really got everyone's attention. The cake was cut and served and we took our lovely group picture in front of the plaque and trees. As everyone left, those of us who attend Tuckerman were already looking forward to our two weeks in the woods that summer, which really begin in two weeks with staff training.
