We're here! Camp Geiger 7/3/2010 8pm

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...and I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain. - John Fogarty

The advance team left this morning about 7:30 in a light drizzle, and rain is what we drove through until we got into Missouri.


Of course there was the ususal friendly chit chat on the trip up, as evidenced above, and then there were the things that made the miles go by much easier, Mrs. Reineck's homemade brownies, Mrs. Koonce's cookies and all the other goodies kindly provided for us by Mr. Tuggle.



The trip was not without drama however. As the rain poured down, we got a call from Mr. Peterson and Mr. Engel in the big Penske truck carrying ALL the equipment, and they had an extremely uncooperative windshield wiper. They waited and waited for help to arrive just south of Oklahoma City, as the rest of us in the vans waited about 60 miles ahead to find out if we were going to have to go back, unload the truck and reload a new truck. Fortunately the wiper was fixed, and we waited for the truck to catch up while also taking advantage of the real pit BBQ at the Cowboy Travel Center in Orlando, Oklahoma.

Then of course the usual shennaigans continued. (It's not wise to fall asleep in the van.)

The first contingent, comprising the two vans and Mr. Reinek's Suburban arrived at Geiger at 8pm, with the big truck an hour behind. After we ate dinner, the truck arrived, the rain held off, and we were able to set everything up while keeping dry at the same time. We'll take that as a sign that this is going to be a great camp.


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