Everyone had fun waking up at 5:30 to run the 5k today. After the 5k we all came back to breakfast, then had another fun-filled day at Jamboree 2010! Plus, we had everybody's favorite for dinner, burgers!

We were struck by rain today. Fortunately most of us were able to find shelter, which provided us a great opportunity to meet new people and trade some excellent patches. Fortunately the storm went as quickly as it passed, though it had been quite a downpour. Almost Everything is dry already, which you'd expect in 90 degree weather. Everyone is doing great and were are all really coming together. Can't wait for the next day of jamboree!

The Jamboree had an arena show today. It was full of the Golden Knight Paratoopers, Miss America, the Chief Scout Executive, Survivor and Amazing Race boy scouts, and the secretary of defense Robert Gates. After that we were free to run around and do activities just like yesterday. Another fun day at Jamboree!

Ahhh the glory of freedom, of being away from parents. Haha we had a great day today. The youth ran off around camp dong activities, taking merit badges, etc. Kind of a rough start with people forgetting to clean or to do their jobs, but there's plenty more ready to help out. Shows start tomorrow!

Sorry all for the missed update yesterday.I promise I will explain, but in chronological order. Yesterday started out with Arlington National Cemetery, where we attended a patriotic service and witnessed the changing of the guard. It was a jaw-dropping ceremony, carried out with extreme precision. We spent a lot of time there and then we went to lunch. After lunch we went to the Lincoln Memorial, where we were struck by rain. We were forced to remain there, thus missing our appointment at the National Archives. However it gave us the chance to see the Vietnam and Korean Memorials which were absolutely amazing. We went to diner at a sea food buffet, then we went to see the FDR and Jefferson memorials, which were very interesting. When we arrived at the hotel at 9:30, the power was out. We waited for a solution, then we were told that we were looking for a new hotel. We found one at around 1 AM and then started moving there. We arrived at 2:30. Props to the Marriot hotel, who was able to jump to their feet to prepare all those rooms for us and make us breakfast when they were completely unaware we'd be dropping by. Today we quickly toured Mount Vernon then rode on down here to Fort AP Hill. We're finally at the Jamboree! The rest of the day was set up of our campsite and besides from a few broken tent poles we're doing most excellent. I promise I'll post tomorrow!

Another great day on the east coast.We met our DC tour guide Elizabeth, and she is extremely knowledgeable. She knows every little detail about EVERYTHING.We started our day with the International spy museum. Then we went and toured the Capitol building,saw the supreme court, ate lunch, toured the Navy museum, took a picture at the Boy Scout memorial, ate dinner, and ended the day with the World War II Memorial. Smithsonian tomorrow!!

We have begun to understand the meaning of “hot and humid”. We toured the Gettysburg battlefield this morning withour wonderful tour guide Tom. He was extremely knowledgable and we learneda lot. We received food tickets with different options and we were realeased into a food court for lunch. We then made the journey to Baltimore to see Fort McHenry.We walked around and saw a brief video on the origins of “The Star Spangled Banner”. We then had a dinner adventure similar to lunch in Baltimore. Then we trekked to Washigton DC where we saw and toured the Washington Monument. Now it's time to get a well deserved sleep, and prepare for tomorrow.

Day 2- The tribe becomes restless...... Just kidding. We had a great day touring. We met with our tour guide and went off to see the Liberty Bell. From there we walked around historic Philadelphia and Independence Hall. After that we went to lunch and got real Philly Cheese Steaks!!! I'm sure we all agree that they were amazing. After that, we went to the US Mint and to see Benjamin Franklin's grave and the Christ Church. We then saw a performance about the meaning of “We the people”. We then departed for Gettysburg where we ate dinner at General Pickett's buffet, every Boy Scout's dream!

Spent FOREVER on the plane today, but we got a little kick start to our tour and had a fun dinner at Applebee's. We drove around Philadelphia and took in the sites, then ran up the stairs from the movie Rocky! We took a manly group photo and finished our day with a theatrical performance of American history.

Okay it's our last day at home, time for moms to start crying! Remember we're meeting at the Murrieta Methodist church at 2:00AM, DON'T BE LATE!!!!!