Vacation! Day one Jambo.

Jambo was cool - I flew out of Orlando on a Wed. and arrived in Richmond, Va. and picked up an HHR. An ok car, typical underpowered rental. We hustled out of bed early the next day to go up to Jambo. After getting a late start, and a traffic accident stopping everything - we parked in the overflow lot. We queued up with hundreds of others, waiting for two school buses that only picked up from the far right end of the group - Then lightening! MP's wouldn't allow people to walk in, so we were herded back to two huge tents. At that point Scout flexibility stepped up and all available vans were conscripted, as the downpour started. It stopped just as we pulled up to Trading Post B (where Scott Hudson was SUPPOSED to be). Since we had an appointment with some of the Minn. contingent - we ate there, and got in line. We did our shopping, and spent way too much. When we didn't hook up with the Minn. guys - we started toward the Merit Badge Alley, Figuring we'd walk toward the conservation area (all the way across the camp) where DanB was. We texted him once or twice but by now there was no way to see anything and get that far without a bus (which we saw too few of).  We caught up with a bunch of the Minnesota guys there, it was nice, and all to soon - it was five and time to find another bus.  We went back to Dawn's timeshare (Thanks! upstairs was just right for us).  End of day one.