Pathfinder Leadership

Well, when we signed up for this Pathfinder Leadership weekend, we were anticipating some relaxing in such a lovely setting away from kids. We did enjoy some time to talk in the van on the way here. Once we arrived and saw the schedule, we were a bit surprised to learn that we would barely have a moment to ourselves.

We had meetings from early in the morning (before breakfast) and into the evening. We are on slightly different meeting "tracks," but most of our meetings overlap. I'm working on an Adventurer track and Clint is getting his counselor training for Pathfinders. The good news was every meeting was really great and I am so thankful to have had this opportunity. The whole weekend has been well planned and executed. Since this is my first time here, I have to be careful to get to the right building at the right time. The other attendees have been great as well.

Our banquet tonight was optional for outfits - past, future or heavenly Pathfinders. We were thinking of a few ideas, but didn't have anything worked out when some friends learned they were unable to come. They passed along their WONDERFUL heavenly outfits so they would get used. We had to work on placing the patches on the sashes, and a bit of pinning, but otherwise it was very easy. We couldn't say no, and we had fun going as heavenly Pathfinders. We ended up winning a prize! The photos are all a bit dark, but hopefully you get the idea.

There were some very creative outfits - a caveman Pathfinder, a Native American Pathfinder, and several in old uniforms from parents or grandparents. Our friend, Felix, wore his uniform from when he was in Malaysia which was a great blue color.

After the banquet, we changed and met back for some free time. It was late, but we agreed to play one or two quick games of Boggle. We pulled out other games but didn't see anyone else interested, so agreed to just play each other. After a moment, a few people joined so we played some more. I think we had more than 10 people at the Boggle table for one game. It was crazy! We kept playing "one more" until we were really tired and called it quits. It was a nice break after so many meetings.