Driving home

This is a post-posted post (How did you like that?). This post chronicles the adventures of troop 996 as they traversed the hills and plains of Virginia toward home with two wounded vehicles. The following will be periodical posts that were created throughout the journey home.


Post one

It is 1:02pm on Saturday. We should be several away from Camp Powhatan well on our way home. As it is, most of the troop is currently sitting in a Christiansburg Pizza Hut about to eat lunch. Shortly after leaving the camp, my van stop to get some gas. There it was discovered that two of the four remaining vehicles had serious engine problems that needed to be address immediately. So with two wounded cars and other needs that must be met, we have decided to stake out in Christiansburg until the cars have been fixed by a local mechanic. With that, we sit in Pizza Hut figuring out what pizzas to order.


Post two

It’s 3:41 and we are still within sight of the Pizza Hut. Rather than still sitting inside of it, we can look down on it from the auto repair shop we are sitting it. At this point, one of the wounded vehicles have been fixed and we are awaiting the last to roll out of the shop. For a while the boys have been occupying themselves by playing card games…in the kiddy section of the waiting room. Now they are disbursed throughout the waiting room reading and talking. Considering the six hours we have before us, the sooner the care get fixed, the better.


Post three

Two hours and fifty minutes later (6:31) and we are on the road. We have been on the road now for over an hour and have recently finished watching Follow Me Boys. It is a old Disney classic about a man who throughout becoming a boy scout leader in a small town has a tremendous impact on the future of countless boys throughout the years. It is an amazing movie about the impact an individual can truly have. If anyone where to ask you what Boy Scouting is all about, I would recommend they watch this film! Even if not, I would recommend you watch this film!

Anyway, our estimated time of arrival is somewhere after 10:00 p.m. I suspect that it will be later than that, but time will tell.
Post four

It is 10:01 and we are about 35 minutes away from the church, The boys in my care hare now resorted to singing songs they learned at came and reciting our came related phrases. I believe that answers my previous questions about traditions. Though there was a few tradition that carried over from my time, they have created new ones that appeared to be firmly planted in the minds of the boys.

Post five

At 10:30, the trip came to a successful conclusion!!!

At the church.