August 29, 2007

• Summer Wrap-Up

  As I said before, Philmont was amazing.  For the first time in five
  summers, I was not ready to leave on August 21st.  This is partly
  because of how well the summer was going, and partly because it was
  most likely my last, at least for the foreseeable future. 

  I did a lot of blacksmithing:

  

  I spent a lot of time inside the mine:
  

  And quite a bit outside as well.  These two guys grew up in Baldy Town - how cool is that?
  

  I did a ton of gold panning and don't have a single picture of me
  panning. One of my proudest moments this summer was when a crew stayed
  down and panned with me instead of blacksmithing because they were
  having so much fun.  (That never happens.  Never.)  The gold really
  does exist, and it's buried under here:
  

  I spent a lot of time hanging out with loggers.  They rock my socks off:
  

  My perfectly planned trip to Crater ended up being not-so-perfect
  timing, but we had a good time anyways.  Moose shined as a first year
  CD in a tough position, as we all knew he would.  (And I got to talk on
  the radio as Crater Lake.  That was pretty swell!)

  
  Pueblano was my home-away-from-home this summer, as it often is.  Can
  you remember a bad Pueblano staff?  I sure can't.
  
  Click here to listen to some good music performed by some of this summer's loggers.

  I had an incredibly awesome staff:
  

  And even more amazing friends:

  
     
  

  "Philmont never changes.  It is always here for you when you need it." -akd

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