PACK 104 FIELD TRIP

Our Pack Leaders planned a fun day at the Ocean Adventures Marine Park down in Gulfport, Mississippi as their final summer activity before school starts. It required a very early start, so we had some sweetly napping kids for the majority of the drive down there:

We started with a presentation (death by PowerPoint...) and a group activity, and then we spread out into Den groups to explore the park! There were multiple ray pools, a parakeet house, a bird show, a dolphin show, a museum, and a touch pool with surrounding terrarium exhibits. It's a small park, but they pack a lot in and we felt that it was all well kept and done nicely.

William, James, and Derrick (our Arrow of Light Den):

(Apparently Cora was still tired on the way home... after a stop for a heavy, and early, dinner at the Abita Brew Pub!)

STATE GAMES 2019 OPENING CEREMONIES

Pre-parade dinner at the local brew pub (Brikhaus Brewtique):

All dressed up as Southern Belles and Intruders (reference to their coach's Army days):

It was so hot and we had to wait so long for the parade to start that the coaches went out to buy some cold water for the players to keep them hydrated. I thought it was funny how they were pouring sips into everyone's mouths to avoid cross contamination!

Eating candy from their bags of "toss treats"

And finally, the parade begins!

And the torch is lit to signify the beginning of the games!

Everyone was in good spirits and ready to hit the hay in preparation for tomorrow's busy day!

ELG CAPITOL TOUR

Jay spent the week in DC with the Emerging Leaders Group. He met many VIPs throughout the Corps and DoD, visited the Pentagon and Capitol, went out to dinner (and an escape room and a very fancy whiskey bar) with his leadership group each night, and spent his last few hours in town at the National Zoo before catching the plane home. We missed him, but we're so glad he had this opportunity to make connections and learn as much as he could about our upper management.

Here are a few photos that he sent us, along with some that his colleagues shared on Facebook: