on the rim

Camp is over.  Webelos Weekend is over.  No powwow this week.  Still trying to adjust to "after camp".  I wanted  to just take a stroll down all that was done and accomplished in this historical year, both personally, as well as for the Council and  the Tribe. In the weeks leading up to camp, no one was even sure that it would happen.  The coronavirus had reached pandemic levels globally, and after nearly two months of the country being nearly shut down, it was not a given that camp would go at all, and if it did, it would certainly not be normal.  Well, it wasn't normal, that is for sure. Feast was canceled.  The first two sessions of camp were also.  Staff week became staff weekend, beginning Thursday before the start of Third Session.  Many that were hired to work opted out, due to health concerns.  The council, working hard to mitigate risk as much as possible developed protocols that would at least guarantee that those...

I thought I would use the theme of my Facebook post to title the blog post.  I thought seriously about podcasting this one, but realized that I want my wording precise, and it is really hard to put together what I want to say on the fly right now, as the last four and twenty hours, or rather the last fifteen hours and change have been surreal. People had been telling me that it was going to happen.  Not because they KNEW, perhaps, meaning they had no direct knowledge, but that it surely did have to happen.  Several people, many of which sit in high places.  I never believed it.  It wasn't a driving issue for me, it didn't matter, truthfully.  I have seen people that were driven by that quest, that come to camp for that purpose.  I have never understood it.  More responsibility, more time requirements, more costuming.  If you have read this page during the camping season, then you fully well know that for me, staff is all about giving back...