Today is the first whole day at the camp for all the participants. It has – with a few exceptions – been used to settle the camp and construct various buildings for the rest of the camp. When I say “with a few exceptions”, it’s because there are a few groups who didn’t want to build anything and therefore just spent the day relaxing…
Here at the press center, things were a bit more controlled today. Less stress, more order and a fair chance that we’ll actually finish the newspaper for today. My only task today has been an FDF group (Thyholm) who decided to build two entire houses from their rafts. The two impressive buildings measures 10.5m by 16m and they are about 6 or 7 metres tall at the highest point. All in all it takes a little more than 250 rafts, but once it’s up and running it will feature a bath, a kitchen and a dinnertable for all of the 93 participants at their camp. They brought a water heater as well, huge enough to ensure water for both baths and the kitchen. Yet another story that will be featured in tomorrow’s newspaper.
Last night’s campfire was really great. I think some of the humor were lost on the children, but that’s what you’ll expect from Tue (the guy who wrote most of the manuscript). The SeniorCity-people were just as orange as last time, five years ago. At that time, the local campfire launched a habit that everything should be orange, even their language. It really caught on and has been used fairly the last five years. But now they’re back just as strong as last time. To tell the thruth I believe it’s a pity, because the idea has been used too much now. Enough is enough, but that’s of course their choice.
I met with a few old friends today as well as a couple of classmates. I actually didn’t know one of them was within our organisation, so that was quite a surprise. I found out that one of my friends’ sister work at the press center as well, the world certainly is small (or something… ;) ).
Right now I’m enjoying a mild breeze here in the press center. The weather has cooled of a bit here in the afternoon, and we’ve got a little thunder too. It’s very nice, because it’s actually bearable now.
It seems that my own group finally finished their raft constructions. I spent a few hours last night to help them put a net over their sleeping places. The nets will serve as a sort of matress. I slept outside last night, because the tents were occupied by the children and the “sleep-house” wasn’t finished. Once again, it was actually nice because I didn’t wake up in a blazing hot tent, but instead in a quite temperated morning air with only a faint mist.
There’s no big events tonight except the local campfires in the 9 sub-camps, so I think I’ll use the time to relax a bit and perhaps play some games or read a book – ahh, the relaxed camp-life ;)