Had a great visit to the BSA Jamboree today

Awesome time.

I've always preferred NOACs. But I love Jamborees for a different reason. Walking into the Jambo to visit today, I remembered why: the sheer scale. 50,000 scouts & scouters showing up, setting up camp, becoming one of the largest cities (yep, with its own zip code) in Virginia for 2 weeks, then disappearing for four years.

Of course, on the big Arena Show day (today), add another 50,000 or so visitors to that number. That's a sight to see in the roughly 3,000 acres of Fort A.P. Hill that are used by the Jamboree.

Thanks to AT&T's support and sponsorship of the communication infrastructure at the Jamboree this year, the wireless coverage onsite was great. It empowered ad hoc communication allowing me to meet up with and hang out with a few dozen old scouting friends who were all also there today.

Last night I wrote about what Scouting meant for me. Today it meant even more again.

Here are some pictures from my visit today.

Here's to 100 years, Scouting. And here's to 100 more, in which my boys get to play a part with me.

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